It is Winter in the Rockies

Well after many attempts to get online tonight, I have success.

We left the Pocahantas Cabins (an hour east of Jasper) this morning heading for points south, todays final destination Golden BC. We travelled south along Hwy 93, the scenic route between Jasper and Lake Louise. It was the usual uneventful drive until we arrived at the Athabasca Glacier at the Columbia Icefields. It started to snow, yes folks, snow... when I post the pictures it will look like fog, but it's snow. It was so cold I had on my new fleece vest, my Canucks jacket and I finally retired my shorts for a pair of jeans. BRRRRRRR... windy, snowy cold. Last week it was so scorching hot and this weekend Winter. Actually throughout the day we experienced the full weather cycle, all seasons were heard from. We leave air icefields heading to Lake Louise and again... another snowstorm, actually it was more like a blizzard, it lasted about 15-20 minutes and the snow was accumulating on the windshield and I started to think about snow tires. Who would have thought that in one day two snowstorms...

After all that we finally arrived in Lake Louise, what a beautiful place, the lake, the glacier and the hotel, very beautiful. Bev explored the hotel, while I did my usual, people watch. There was a wedding happening and I thought it was a outdoor wedding, there was lots of pacing back and forth thru the lobby (it was spitting rain off and on) and finally we left and I don't know the outcome.

Tonight I am sitting in a motel room in Golden, next room over are a gaggle of women having a giggle session, I thinking this could be a long night. Bev is lying on her bed reading a book and I am watching the football game... a nice evening, just not quiet. Take care all, I am off to bed... too much travelling not enough resting...