Banff, part 2

 

Monday morning it was crispy cold and bright blue skies.

 

We had asked for a late check out so Aimee, Mike and the kids went for a swim after breakfast and I walked Iggy and started packing up the car. We were checked out and in the car with 2 minutes to spare.

Because the drone video hadn't worked the previous day, we drove back down to the Bow River Falls to try again.

The kids climbed around and threw rocks again while their parents flew the drone.

Rather than drive back the way we had come we drove north to have some more mountain scenery before heading home.

Next stop was Lake Louise. The lake was frozen and people were skating on it.

Of course this meant that Mike took the kids to walk on the lake while

Aimee and I stayed on the path and wondered just how thick that ice was. It was like glass and you could see the rocks on the bottom of the lake clearly.

Unbelievably photogenic.

The kids and I walked around the lake, throwing ice on to it to see it smoothly slide across

While there was more drone flying until a woman told us it was illegal. Looking it up later we found out that drone flying is illegal in all national parks.

Family picture complete with Iggy this time.

Periodically we had to pick up Iggy because his feet got too cold and he would shake and look pathetic.

Proof I was there too

Lunch and then back in the car where I tried to take pictures out of the car window

that just don't do it justice, especially as it was getting dark.

Beside the road, a couple of

Big Horn Sheep

running to join the herd.

 

It was fully dark for the last couple of hours drive. We talked about coming back if I visit again in the spring and Aimee and Mike commented that they really don't take advantage of being relatively close to this magnificent scenery. Aimee had got better at flying the drone and enjoyed the editing process and adding music.

Avery's dragon

Maya's rug.