We were up and out early today to drive “The Icefields Parkway” in Banff and Jasper National Parks from Lake Louise to the town of Jasper. The weather was a constantly changing mix of clouds, sun, and rain with hot, then cold and windy, then calm and mixes of all of these. It seemed like we were driving along side of a beautiful river the whole day with lush forests and snow-capped peaks all around us. We also saw plenty of wildlife, though not in the quantities seen earlier in the trip. We spent the whole day driving north on Hwy 93.

One of our earlier stops was at Bow Lake and Bow Glacier. The lake and glacier captured a lot of the great things about the Icefields Parkway. I’ve included four photos of the lake and glacier above it. The colors, textures, mountains, clouds, and reflections were all very dramatic and beautiful.