Off at 7:15, a few people didn't actually go to bed, good on them. First small stop was at a Athabasca Falls, with raging rapids, stuff like that I could sit there all day and watch.
We arrive at the Athabasca Glacier around lunch time and take the Ice Explorer a fair way up. The Ice Explorer is a purpose built bus, heavily re-enforced exterior with massive 60” tyres. A bit of fun putting ice down peoples backs but we couldn't have a snow ball fight because the ice was allot different to snow, it would have taken someone out.
On the way to our next stop we got to see another black bear, it was about the 7th we have seen. Some tourists noticed we stopped and got out to have a look, they weren't to far from the bear. People like this deserve to be attacked and I was disappointed not to see it at least tell them to piss off with a growl.
Onto Peyto Lake, wow, the way that minerals had changed the colour of the water was stunning. A fluoro blue colour, the place you could have stayed there and taken 100's of pictures.
Our last stop for the day was at Lake Louise, to have a walk around and see the Chateau. It was beautiful, so relaxing and staying in the Chateau would have cost a fortune. It was very similar to Peyto lake but much larger and it had heaps of people kayaking.
That night we went to a bar called Hoo Doo's, oh man, $2.50 white samboka shots got me demolished. Sol our tour manager was lighting up the drink in his mouth and it was gold. I attempted it a few times, successful on a couple. Not sure what time I got in as my memory fades later on in the night. It turns out that most of the Beaver Lickers I bought disappeared that night, all good fun.
did you personally take that photo? that is one awesome scenery!!!
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