Saturday, August 22, 2009

Rockies Highlights

Sunrise at Patricia & Pyramid Lakes
(Friday, August 7)

P1020291 Patricia Lake

P1020331Pyramid Lake

Sharing a mountaintop cup of coffee w/ 360 views w/ the backpacker dude on top of Whistler’s Mountain
(Friday, August 7)

Coffee at the top!That’s Mt. Robson in the upper right. Apparently you can rarely see it from the top of Whistlers.

A boat ride to a place mat viewpoint
(Saturday, August 8)

page Spirit Island on Maligne Lake

A hike beyond the limits to a bonus 3-part waterfall!
(Sunday, August 9)

page Stanley Falls hike. Falls #1 (looking down from above) is left, centre; Falls #5 & #6 upper centre; Stanley Falls, lower centre; Unnamed bonus falls, right.

Walking on an Ice Field: Enduring a Sleet Storm on the Athabasca Glacier
(Monday, August 10)

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Heading the carillon’s invitation to Worship
Sunday, August 16

PICT0149-1 St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Banff (w/ Mt Rundle in the background).

Tea at (almost) 7,000’
(Monday, August 17)

Lake Agnes PhotoscapeLake Agnes Teahouse (upper left; upper right; lower half, left half (Rich w/ coffee cup))
Plain of 6 Glaciers Teahouse (lower right; upper half, right half (Rich w/ soup)
Big Beehive Lookout (lower half, left)
Lower left – on the Lake Agnes trail w/ Lake Louise, a small turquoise puddle behind & below us.
Lower centre – I love my rock. At the Lake Louise delta.
Top centre – Rich at the Lake Agnes head, before ascending the Big Beehive trail
Right upper half – A field of fireweed on a flat portion of the Highland Trail en route to the Plain of 6 Glaciers Teahouse

Seeing Stuff that Very Few People Make the Effort to See!

P1020958 Maligne Lake from the Bald Hills trail
(Wednesday, August 12)

P1020804 Rainbow from Old Fort summit w/ Lac Beauvert & Athabasca River (Jasper)
(Tuesday, August 11)

P1020435Mt Edith Cavell & the Angel Glacier (looking more like the Longhorn BBQ Sauce Glacier these days) from the Meadow trail
(Friday, August 7)

P1030119Bow Lake from the foot of the falls
(Friday, August 14)

P1030115Bow Glacier Falls from the foot of the falls
(Friday, August 14)

P1030746-1 Waterfall at Stanley Glacier, Kootenay Nat’l Park
(Wednesday, August 19)

P1030910Up close at Wapta Falls (Yoho Nat’l Park)
(Thursday, August 20)…
PICT0098… taken from just about here… 
P1030901
… a wider shot for perspective.

Stay tuned for more (yes, more!) pictures!

3 comments:

  1. Ooooh they use to have the best lemonade at that tea house!!!!!

    You have some really spectacualar pics and the memories that go with them are even better. I am glad you had a great summer time.

    Hang in there with the rest of life......I love ya gal!

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  2. Hmmmm.... Didn't have lemonade at either one. Which one are you talking about??

    We had French press coffee & some sort of yummy (!) green tea, carrot cake & choc chip cookie at Lake Agnes; & coffee, "chicken lentil & something else" soup, & a brownie at Plain of 6 Glaciers. Seriously, that's what the waitress called it, "chicken lentil & something else, maybe w/ some potatoes & other stuff in it." Food was MUCH better at Lake Agnes!

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  3. I think it was Lake Agnes....it was a long time ago.All this food talk is making me think I need to eat breakfast!

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