The forecast looked promising plus I was able to secure accommodations equals time for a road trip along the Icefields Parkway. Ahhh that’s the life, having the freedom to go at the spur of the moment. It did sprinkle as I loaded up the vehicle then it poured as I hit the highway. By the time I began driving the Parkway, it began to clear, yet it was moody! That’s O.K. I was up for moody!
Moody can be spirited and happy, that was my mood!
lots of water running from the snow melt
panorama with Crowfoot Mountain in the middle
and the trail I followed on the right
I went this far, where I could see the staircase in the middle across the moraine, the trail is closed shortly thereafter. The Bow Glacier Falls are on the right. I believe the lighter rock colour to the right of the falls is where the rockfall happened. Before heading back, I took a few minutes to think about those that lost their lives and also of those whose lives were changed in an instant.
view walking back along the creek
the water really is that colour
Crowfoot Mountain
I arrived back at my vehicle, had lunch on my lawn chair in the grass, then got back on the Icefields Parkway. At Saskatchewan River Crossing, I veered off onto the David Thompson Highway, exited Banff National Park then drove to the Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve for another hike. The blue in the sky came and went yet the shade of blue of the water remained the same.
Yes, the water is that colour!
a few views from along the trail
It was time to head back to the Icefields Parkway and check into my home away from home.
an ice cold Big Rock Honey Brown paired perfectly with the view from my deck
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