Shot of the day...... Our Tour Director..... seriously...!!!Well what can I say.... I have travelled pretty much most of the South Island of New Zealand and I have also seen the mountains of Austria and Switzerland, but nothing I have ever seen compares to what we saw today as we journeyed the length of the Icefields Parkway in Alberta Canada. The Icefields Parkway is a 230 kilometre stretch of unparalleled majestic mountain scenery on both sides of the road. As you pass one mountain range, the next is right there next to you, and they were all covered from head to toe in ice and snow. The journey takes you past 7 viewable glaciers, the biggest of which is the Columbia Icefield being 200 square kilometres of glacial ice. 
It was here that we boarded the big wheeled buses that drive onto the ice. Today we were once again blessed with spectacular weather and to top it all off, while on the Columbia Icefield we witnessed a full blown avalanche. First we all heard a cracking sound like thunder and we all turned our heads just in time to see what seemed like a whole piece of the mountain break away and cascade its way down into the valley. The sheer size of the mountain ranges and glaciers is hard to describe and even difficult to capture in photo, it is just so big. I had seen pictures of this area before, but to see it in reality is just unbelievably awesome. We arrived in Banff about 5pm and as we walked the streets of Banff it started to snow. It has been snowing off and on since we arrived, but we are hoping it will clear for tomorrow as we have a scenic Helicopter ride scheduled for tomorrow morning, and the Sulphur mountain Gondola after that. (somewhere in between we also hope to have a scenic tour to the Laundromat..!!) The Fairmont Banff Springs is a magnificent Hotel built like a castle, and tonight we had a magnificent meal fit for a King and our room is lovely also. 
Tomorrow we hope to explore the place a little bit more and capture a few photos. So far on this trip I have only taken about 900..!!
It was here that we boarded the big wheeled buses that drive onto the ice. Today we were once again blessed with spectacular weather and to top it all off, while on the Columbia Icefield we witnessed a full blown avalanche. First we all heard a cracking sound like thunder and we all turned our heads just in time to see what seemed like a whole piece of the mountain break away and cascade its way down into the valley. The sheer size of the mountain ranges and glaciers is hard to describe and even difficult to capture in photo, it is just so big. I had seen pictures of this area before, but to see it in reality is just unbelievably awesome. We arrived in Banff about 5pm and as we walked the streets of Banff it started to snow. It has been snowing off and on since we arrived, but we are hoping it will clear for tomorrow as we have a scenic Helicopter ride scheduled for tomorrow morning, and the Sulphur mountain Gondola after that. (somewhere in between we also hope to have a scenic tour to the Laundromat..!!) The Fairmont Banff Springs is a magnificent Hotel built like a castle, and tonight we had a magnificent meal fit for a King and our room is lovely also. Tomorrow we hope to explore the place a little bit more and capture a few photos. So far on this trip I have only taken about 900..!!
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