Yoho National Park and Lake Louise

 We had Dennis stand under this sign.  I think the picture below is Mt. Dennis.  Of course all the distances were in meters or kilometers and most everything was in English and French.

 This beautiful little river ends up in the Columbia and the Pacific Ocean.  It narrows through the opening in the next picture and is called Natural Bridge.  It's really incredible the way it cuts through the rock and forms a natural bridge.

 We were content to walk across a man-made bridge to get a good look, but this guy wanted a close up of the natural bridge.

 We took a little drive up the mountain to these waterfalls.  The road was good except for one incredible hairpin turn, which I wish I had taken a picture of.  We saw a tour bus at the falls and couldn't imagine how it got up the road.

 It was magnificent and pictures don't do it justice.  This was late in August and this is fed by glaciers.  I can only imagine the roar it must make early in the summer.

 More gorgeous scenery heading back down from the falls.

 We had both heard so much about Lake Louise and we finally saw it.  I think we had seen so much beautiful scenery by this time that we weren't as impressed as we might have been, but it was never-the-less awesome!  This is probably one of the most famous spots in the parks.

 Dennis got this beautiful shot in front of the lake.  The flowers are always so beautiful and flourishing in these alpine places....I think they must like the cooler temperatures and long days.

 This is the famous Chateau Lake Louise built by the Canadian Pacific Railroad.  They also built the one in Banff.  They built them and then advertised the great beauty to bring rail passengers to the area beginning in about the 1920's.  This was grand, but didn't impress me as much as the one in Banff.

 Looking like this in August, we can imagine that the climate must be pretty austere when January rolls around.  In fact, in many places they had things to plug your cars into in the wintertime, so you could keep them running.

 In front of the chateau.  Covet, covet!!

 I loved this picture Dennis took.

 Thursday night we had heavy thundershowers.  The next morning we drove up the road behind our hotel just for fun and found these elk grazing near a golf course.....not even in the park.  Guess they knew where to get a good meal without working too hard.

 This was the view out our hotel window Friday morning. The mountains were covered with low-hanging clouds and when the clouds cleared you could see a skiff of snow on the peaks.

A little of the white stuff is the fresh snow.  It was an awesome place to visit and we would highly recommend it!!