This is the main route though the Rockies if you are travelling to Jasper. The highway is lined with mountains all topped with glaciers on this route and on a day like today it is a wonderful sight with lots of photo opportunities. We have travelled this road many times over the years and each time the mountains look so different. Today the sky was clear with light wispy clouds, the sprinkling of snow on the mountains made them stand out, even more so than usual. I think all the rain this summer has washed out all the dust from the crevices and with the sun low in the sky made them look sharp and rugged.
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| Bow Lake |
Our stop for lunch was by Bow Lake, fed by the bow glacier, the water was a magnificent jade colour, but although the sun was shining the cold breeze coming off the glacier made it a bit too chilly to sit by the lakeside for too long - just long enough to eat our lunch. Usually on this trip we are lucky enough to see some of the local wildlife, sometimes if we are lucky a bear, more likely bighorn sheep, occasionally a bald eagle, but today they were all elusive. We did spot a little chipmunk on the road who was playing 'chicken' fortunately he froze in the middle of the road and we went right over the top of him, whew! No harm done this time lucky for him. A red tailed hawk was spotted soaring high.
Even at Waterfowl Lake this afternoon and Moose meadows as the sun was beginning to set no creatures were spotted. Our day was rounded off with a lovely dinner at Baker Creek. Another beautiful relaxing day spent in the Rockies.
As you will appreciate there was no quilting done today, however a few more hexis were added to the growing bag.
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