The Charming Beauty of Canada

By L: Part one of the great adventure started by going North.  First stop: 

Glacier National Park!
There is nothing like fresh air and beautiful surroundings - even if the neighbors were a little rowdy.

This is on the East side of the park going up to Logan Pass.
We stopped at the visitors center and went on a day hike. 

By L:  I didn't get a picture of the Hi-Line trail that nearly gave me a heart attack.  Dana was sweet enough to coax me along through my fear of falling from heights.  This next picture was taken from the Hi-Line trail of the mountain on the other side of the valley.  Notice the vertical mountain side and clouds in the bottom of the valley.  That may give you a small sense of what I was feeling on a very similar steep vertical mountain side - walking a narrow path with cable bolted into the rock face to hang onto.

By L:  This was a common sight for me - great mountain views, with Dana taking awesome pictures.

Then we moved on North - over the border to Canada-

We spent some time in the Cardston area, including going to the LDS temple in Cardston, 

 

and the Carriage Museum - which was very interesting!

 

Here is one of the more fancy, and interesting carriages in the showroom.

 

We went into Waterton Lakes National Park and took a boat ride on Waterton lake crossing back into the US on the water. Notice below how the 49th parallel north, the border between the countries, is kept clear.

We went up to Calgary and visited another beautiful LDS temple.

We spent several days in Banff National Park, hiking trails and taking pictures of scenic lakes, mountains, glaciers, and wildlife.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We spent several nights in this lovely cabin in Jasper.

And managed to go to one more temple - in Edmonton. 

We stopped at another museum - and learned so much about the evolution of vehicles and farm equipment - from real horse power to engines measured by horse power.

We were very fortunate to have good weather during these September days. As our trip was coming to an end and we were leaving Canada it turned a little cold and the mountains got a dusting of snow. Perfect for one last great picture!