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Alberta 2

The background photo is Lake Louise. Here’s the story: When Dani’s mother and sister (Yao Hong) came to Canada in 2016, we drove from Jasper to Banff. Our Chinese guests always want to see Banff, which the call “Banfoo”. However, I knew that the best scenery lies between Jasper and a little south of Saskatchewan Crossing. But on that occasion, when we stopped at the at Saskatchewan Crossing, I discovered my coat and wallet were missing. We drove back to Jasper, stopping each place we had stopped before, but we didn’t find it. The phone rang once, but there was no service; I couldn’t answer, nor hear the message. We finally arrived in Jasper, and I was able to hear the message from a store at Columbia Icefields; they had my wallet and coat. Driving all the way back to Jasper caused a lot of delay we stopped at Lake Louise in the dark, which was pointless. Nothing to see. Everyone said it was okay, but I was distraught. That was three years ago. This year, with Yao Hong and her husband in the car, I intended to turn off at Lake Louise for a visit in the daylight. But I missed the turn-off, somehow. Eventually, frustrated, I parked off the highway to check the map; it was 30 minutes behind us. Since we were going to Calgary, we decided not to add that hour to our journey. Everyone agreed. I was distraught. After Calgary, when we were returning to Chilliwack, we stopped at several places and as such, we were finally on our way from Banfoo around 3:00 pm with a very long drive ahead. Kindly and reasonably, everyone agreed we shouldn’t stop at Lake Louise. I agreed, but as we approached the overpass, I could not bear to deny Yao Hong a visit for a third time. So, to everyone’s soft-spoken protests and hopeful surprise, I took the exit ramp. And on this page, PART of our journey. See “Alberta” for more pictures and fewer words. :D

Near Lake Minnewanka. Yes, I need to exercise a little bit more often. The last three years have taken a toll.

Here we are in Johnston Canyon. It was chilly, but uncrowded. I haven’t been there for 50 years. It’s different. :D

Dani and YaoYao needed to pee. So I stopped . . . at the Banff Springs Hotel! Dani did not waste the opportunity for a few photos.

Lake Louise at last!

We went to the top of the dam, in Canmore. The view is spectacular. However, on this day, it was the wind that impressed us. It was difficult to stand, and really, really cold.