John: The day started off being rainy, but cleared up by noon. we went to the
Columbia Icefields. You go out on them on these
monster six wheel drive snow mobile coaches. They cost $375,000 each... they have 12 of them. The ice fields (glacier) were huge... and cold. The glacial ice is approximately 1200 feet thick. The glacier deposits about 550 tons of silt and rock debris at the “toe” of the glacier.
The twelve tallest mountains in the Canadian Rockies are in this area. It makes up a “Tri-Continental Divide”... which means the glacial ice melt flows into three different oceans... the Arctic, Pacific or the Atlantic oceans, depending which way the water goes. There’s only one other place in the world that this happens... in Siberia some place. Susan and I took a drink directly from a glacial stream. The water is 99.9% pure! They test it all the time and have never found anything in the water. It was good and cold!! That water came from ice probably 400 years old or older!! The glacier was really something! We then hit the road and headed for Banff... Went by some more great scenery, fantastic rivers and lakes, and more glaciers. We also stopped to photograph a big horn sheep... more great pics I hope. We also saw a coyote and a deer. We visited
Lake Louise (was pretty), then got a camp spot at
“Protection Mountain” campground in Banff Nat’l Park. We drove 99 miles today.
ODOM: 30346
Summary: After five weeks we have spent a total of $2935 cash, plus $455 on gas credit cards... for a grand total spent of $3390. The total mileage driven = 6484 miles.
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| Big Horn Sheep |
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| Big Horn Sheep |
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| Susan & Kari on the Athabasca Glacier |
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| Kari, Karen & Susan in front of one of the monster snow mobile coaches |
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| Glacier |
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| Another Glacier |
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| A tiny kid near the huge snow mobile coach |
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| One of the old, retired snow mobile coaches |
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| Susan, Kari & Karen in front of a Glacier |
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| Glacier & scenery |
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