We should have gone yesterday. Today, the smoke from British Columbia wild fires made visibility awful. It has been hazy just about every day because of the fires in B.C., but today was awful. It was as bad as it was when we were in Hinton and went to Jasper for the day. Still, Lake Louise and Moraine Lake are beautiful. We learned on the snowcoach tour of the Athabasca Glacier that the color and clarity of the water depends on the glacial flour (the rocks that are ground by the glaciers like flour) - how much the concentration is. We have seen lakes that were more clear than Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, but they were still beautiful. One of my favorites was Waterfowl Lake. One disappointment was that it is difficult to see the glaciers in the photos of Lake Louise. We had a good hike today at Lake Louise. We ate supper at the Silver Dragon, a Chinese restaurant. I cooked macaroni and cheese and Spanish rice after we got home from the lakes journey. Those will be eaten the next few days while we are on the road. Tomorrow is going to be a beast of a day. We are going to try to get up at 7:00 and hope to get to Ft. Benton by 5:00. I hope the border crossing will be easy. We will be crossing on I-15 this time. Before, every time we crossed at lesser traveled crossings. I am hoping they will have no problem with my cooked food! I also fried up the bacon (only meat we had not eaten), thinking they would not have a problem if it was already cooked.
One observation we have made about Canada is how many foreign languages we have heard. If we had visited the United Nations in New York, we could not have heard more. The Asian populations here are huge in the cities. Most of the time when we were in a tourist area, we (the English speakers) were in a tiny minority. It will be good to get back to the good old U.S.A., although we have really enjoyed our time here, especially the Banff area.
Tomorrow Mike and Helen will be leaving Townsend and heading for Custer State Park and then to Yellowstone and the Tetons. We are hoping to get together. They are two of our favorite friends, and we have missed them (and all the Mustard Seeds) so much.
Tomorrow - travel to Ft. Benton, MT. Thurs. - travel to Billings, MT, and stay for two nights. Phil wants to see Pompey’s Pillar and Little Bighorn Battle Site. We will visit Walmart and laundry while there. Phil is hoping he can get his prescriptions filled at Walgreens there. Saturday - travel to Madison Campground in Yellowstone for three nights. Tues. - travel to Grant Village Campground in Yellowstone for a week. Then we go to the Tetons and try to get in Colter Bay Campground and leave there Sept. 7 to get back to Townsend Sept. 12. Time has flown on this trip. We have been so blessed !!!!!!
Aug. 18 - We drove eight and a half hours today from Banff to Ft. Benton, MT. Tomorrow we go to Billings, MT, for two nights. We had an easy pass at the border, but the two people two cars ahead of us were put in handcuffs and dragged inside the building. We thought, uh-oh, but we had an easy time. Up early tomorrow and heading to Billings. We have a lot to do before we go into Yellowstone on Sat.
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