It was a pre-hurricane type
experience to go to the grocery store here.
There was no bread or milk available nor was there any fresh
produce. No supplies can come in to town
and the hotels and restaurants are worried about running out of supplies.
The roads were opened today as far as Lake Louise and out to
Golden. People are taking the long route
around back to Vancouver. Calgary is flooded and 23 surrounding communities
have been evacuated. Breland and I discussed going out toward the
west and then taking the Cassiar Highway up to Alaska but that is a rough
highway at the best of times and we don't have information about the conditions
of the roads leading to the Cassiar. We
decided to stay put for now and spend our day in Lake Louise.
It was a beautiful day there. The sun was out and the day was very
warm. We ate at the Fairmont. The view from our table was absolutely
incredible. Bre had the Bison Rueben, made quite differently from a standard
Rueben. Buffalo, pickled red cabbage and
melted Brie on a hearty rye bread. See
the photo below.
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| Preschoolers Field Trip to See the Flooded River |
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| A view to the south from our camping spot |
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| A bridge to allow wildlife to cross the road safely |
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| View from our dinner table |
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| Bre's Bison Reuben |
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| This train is on its way to haul freight through a tunnel that spirals INSIDE of a mountain |
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| Some more of the train |
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| Kayaking on a flooded creek |
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| Sandbagging the library |
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| Elk calf |
By 6:00 p.m. the towns of Banff and Lake Louise had lost all
electricity. It didn't come on until the
next morning. I am getting tired of
Banff.
6/23/2013
Highway 93N is open!
The mudslides have been cleared and there is little damage to the
roadbed. We could now head on to Jasper
to continue our journey toward Alaska.
To get to Jasper we first had to cross the Icefield Parkway. The
glaciers along the parkway are enormous.
There was still quite a bit of repair and road construction going on
along the route. At two spots bighorn
sheep blocked the roadway.
We are camping in Jasper for two nights. There are many elk in the campground and most cows have new little calves.
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| Wild rose |
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| Parked by the Weeping Wall |
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| Sunset in Jaspar |
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| Icefield Parkway |
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| Waterfall on the Parkway |
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| A bus on it's way to the Columbia Glacier |
3 comments:
So beautiful! Glad you have made it to Jasper!
So glad y'all are out of the rain. This is so very beautiful
The view from the table is breath taking. Can't believe its a real place and not a painting. Glad the rain stopped. Keep the pictures coming.
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