We entered BC, Canada, drove north and spent the night in Golden. Friday morning we crossed over the mountains and down into Lake Louise, Alberta. From there we drove north on the Icefields Parkway toward Jasper. The scenery and animals are spectacular.
More than half of the motorhomes on the road are occupied by Europeans and Asians that rent them in Victoria and tour western Canada.
This is Lake Louise by the Chateau Lake Louise. The lake is a beautiful aqua blue with the sun shining, however took this photo while it was cloudy and sprinkling.
If you click to enlarge this picture you will see 8 white mountain goats in the middle. I took this with a telephoto lens, they were well over a mile away and several thousand feet up.
Athabasca glacier, it was a good hike up here.
Big horn mountain sheep, this is a ewe and they have small horns, she had a lamb with her but it scampered off when I approached.
This is the male, you can tell their age by the major grooves or rings on their horn, this one about 3 years old. They are loosing their winter coats. They were eating small shoots of a plant growing up through the gravel.
At first I thought the male sheep had too many legs, then realized there were two. I love the horns. Sure is beautiful country.
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