1800+ miles in 7 days....Sweet

Yes once again it has been a while since a post. I figure about every two weeks is about right nowadays as I have to find time to squeeze this posting in and also find time to explore our new surroundings here in Spokane.

Last week Friday (two Fridays ago) we left on a 7 day motorcycle tour of Banff, Jasper, and Glacier. We had a great time and although it rained and was cloudy a lot of the time it never rained while we were riding or when we were hiking. I thought that it was perfect camping weather if you came prepared...which we were.
Nice lake on the ride up. I thought it was a great lake, but there was so much more to come.

Ferry ride in BC was awesome. No wait going north, while the line on the other side to go south was backed up for about 1mile...I mean 1.5K.

The lake was as still as could be and a great ride.

This was the view from the mens room where I took a leak. It could not have been more relaxing.

Me with the clothes you will see me in for the next 4days...same underwear as well.

Here was a waterfall about .5K from our overflow campsite that night. Canada has these communal overflow sites that when the campgrounds fill up people are never left high and dry without a spot to stay. When will the US figure out that this is a great idea?

Brenda was wiped out after a long day on the bike. The highways in BC were essentially abandoned and very fun to ride on a bike.

Here are some Scottish people we met at the campsite. We had a great time talking around the campfire that night and loaned then our torch(flashlight) as they had forgotten theirs. The spoke English, but with that accent we could barely understand them.

Murry, Ian, and my self. thy had just made toast over the fire to go with their cheese whiz for breakfast.

Goodbye BC and hello Alberta.

With all the wildfires in BC blowing into Alberta, when we arrived at a our campsite in Banff, we could hardly see the glaciers and mountains surrounding us.

But then the next morning the sky had cleared and this is a pic from the door of the tent....nice.

Lake Peyto lake overlook...just amazing.

Without Brenda obscuring the view....although she is something to behold as well.

On our way back from Banff we saw four of these guys...man they taste good.

Then, on to the hike to the falls and the ink pots. The falls were great and the ink pots did not disappoint either. The ink pots are pools of water where cool water springs feed the pools, but move the heavy sediment around the bottom of the pool without making the water cloudy...not sure if that made any sense, but it was very cool.

On the trail...same shirt.

A thunder storm blew in while we were up there and we got a little rained on, but not enough to get us to wet.

The next day it was off to Lake Louise and to meet up with Ike who just also happen to be in the area visiting. That morning it was foggy, but once we got above the fog at Moraine lake we saw the most beautiful colored lake of the whole trip.

Moraine lake. We almost canoed on the lake, but they wanted $45CAN for one hour. Normally not a big deal, but with the US dollar getting kicked in the nuts recently I was way to cheap to fork that kind of money out.

Moraine lake again.

Then Ike and Leah at Lake Louise and hiked to the Tea House for lunch.

Here us the view from up on the mountain.

Some of the glaciers.

And us after the hike by the hotel there.

Brenda and I by the lake....same shirt.

On the way back to the campsite we passed by bow lake every day. This day it was just right for a picture.

Another pic from our campsite.

The next day we drove to Jasper and visited a ton of sites

Columbia icefield was cool. Again they try to get you to pay $85CAN to take a bus with big wheels into a ice parking lot on the glacier. Instead we hiked to the edge of the glacier and drank the fresh runoff.

The Ice in the water was so crystal clear I really wished I had some Tanquerey and tonic...mmmmmmm

The river cut a deep channel in the rocks here and made quite the site.

Notice the slight rainbow on the right.

About 1 mile up the road we found horseshoe lake where I went cliff jumping into the crystal clear water.

Then we took a hike to the angel glacier.

I think that the water may be a little cold at this lake.

An ice cave in the glacier, but I did not go in it. It was about 10' tall and 20' wide.

A different waterfall later in the day. There are a lot of waterfalls.

A different falls, but you get the picture.

By the angel glacier.

The next day we stopped at Radium hot springs on the way out of Banff and headed out to Glacier NP. Brenda's parents were in whitefish with a slew of other Model T's driving the roads around that area and we got to stay with them at the resort. Brenda was very thankful to get a shower, but I did not take one the whole week.

On the way into the park.

Once at the top of the pass we hiked to hidden lake and saw these guys along the way. The hike was very easy and we are so glad we took it.

Another shot...I bet they taste good.

Then we ran into a bunch of these guys. The trail was only about a mile and well worth it.

Babies also along the trail.And this lake was at the end of the trail.

Later we drove the rest of the going to the sun road and stopped for lunch at this lookout a short hike from the road.

Same lake different angle.

Here is a pic of us on the going to the sun road. What is missing in this picture? You got it, helmets. No helmet law in MT and so much to see allowed me to ride without a helmet as much as I wanted. I choose to go without one on the slower park roads, but put it on when I got on the highways outside of the park.

Brenda singing the Sound of Music.

We got home yesterday and had a blast. we look forward to going back again and hope it will not be to long. We got a lot of other pics and stories to tell, but I guess you will have to call us if you want the Brenda and John comentary. FYI: new number is five-zero-nine-nine-two-tw0-1855. Please call anytime as Brenda is at home normally when not hitting the pavement looking for a job.