McBride BC to Calgary AB

Starting the day at 57 degrees.....heat wave....summer is here.....8AM and we are headed to Calgary...on the Yellowhead Highway....commonly known as Highway 16...

 McBride is located in Robson Valley by the Fraser River

 Agriculture is a main stay of the local economy

 we have rain and low clouds but it isn't snowing

 coming into Mount Robson Provincial Park

 and the visitor's center

Mount Robson  12,972 feet

 highest peak in the Canadian Rockies

and the mountain is hiding

 Moose Lake

 And Yes....it is raining

Beautiful lake even in the rain

Mount Fitzwilliam

Yellowhead Pass  3,760 feet

 leaving Mount Robson without seeing the mountain

Oh Me!!!!

 Entering Jasper National Park

 Turn South on the scenic Highway 93 (Icefield's Parkway)

 to Columbia Icefield, Lake Louise, Banff

 and Trans-Canada Highway 1 to Calgary

 We are on our way to view ALL the scenic sites

 one of the most scenic drives in North America

 park campgrounds open from May thru September

 depending upon snow levels and bear sightings

wherever you look there is something different to see

glaciers everywhere

waterfalls coming down the mountains

Glacier Skywalk leads to a glass-floored observation platform

918 feet above the Sunwapta Valley

 Captain and Saddi said "No Way are we walking out there"

on down the road to Columbia Icefield

 The glaciers are fingers of the giant Columbia Icefield

which covers 241 square miles

something to see

 you can see people at the toe

 Columbia Icefield Discovery Center

 Look at all the tour busses

summertime very busy with tourist traffic

and there are people everywhere....it's a zoo

 Sunwapta Pass  6,676 feet

 second highest point on the Icefield's Parkway

that's our road ,,,,,down there

down we go

 weeping wall

Some color

 coming up Bow Pass

 Bow Summit  6,849 feet

highest point on the Icefield's Parkway

Bow Lake

 turquoise-colored waters

Pulpit Peak  8,940 feet rises above Bow Lake

 we are bypassing Lake Louise today

too many cars for a coach towing a pickup truck

 large animal crossing....parkway fenced

 Banff National Park established in 1885

 This resort town attracts 2.5 million visitors every year

Trans-Canada Highway 1

Canadian Rockies meet the prairie in Calgary

climate with the most sunny days of any major Canadian city

Calgary is the gateway to the Canadian Rockies

no reservation as we have no cell service

what a charming day

the first time we visited this area was 25-years ago in the Southwind

Enough Enough.....we stayed at Calgary West Campground....30 Amp....no cell service.....no Wi-Fi at our site and that's my story....

Tomorrow we head across Canada on Trans-Canada Highway 1......8,177 miles at this stop.....

This is my last hurrah on my Alaska Adventures......One more post when we get home