Saturday evening Tom and I were sitting outside the motorhome until a little after 10pm, it was still daylight out. We decided to fold up our outside mat before going inside. So as I was sweeping it off a man and woman walked into our campsite asking how we liked this part of the country and then went on to say that they had noticed our Maryland license and had to come over. This Alberta man and his wife from New York had gotten married in Maryland 50 years ago in Pocomoke City while he was in the Canadian military service.
Sunday morning we again packed up and after dumping our gray and black water tanks headed south toward the Banff area on the Icefields Parkway. What gorgeous scenery on this 140 plus miles of travel. The Canadian Rockies are a sight to behold- towering rock mountains with glaciers and snow.
We stopped at the Athabasca Glacier and Icefield Centre for a brief period and then continued on south.
I was concerned about where we would find a campsite. We had been told about possibly going into another park, Yoho N. P., but where that road cut off there was alot of construction and we missed taking the cut off. We then came to the Lake Louise area and saw signs stating “Full” but Tom went into the campground anyway and by luck there were 2 sites available for us to get into and we have 30 amp electric. After settling into the campsite we went out exploring, driving to Lake Moraine
and then to Lake Louise,
both lakes of the most beautiful colors and big tourist areas. Later in the evening we went to the amphitheater in the campground for an evening program about Banff, the oldest National Park in Canada celebrating 125 years this year.
