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Roaming Along the Icefields Parkway

10/10/2016

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Final day in Banff. 

I’d finally fallen back to sleep after the bear scare with thoughts of leaving town early to catch a hotel for my final night. But waking up that morning, in the light of day, suddenly I didn’t want to leave quite so soon. 

Since Peyto was one of my top interests going into this trip, I figured I’d take the lesser known hike to the lakeshore. Great idea, until we hit construction and accidentally drove right by the trail head. 
Dirty white dog looking toward a cairn in front of the Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park, Canada
Well…might as well keep heading north and see what we can see. Like all the way up into Jasper type north! We just barely tiptoed into Jasper with our most northern stop being Athabasca, Toe of the Glacier. It was a short hike up to the ice, and of course CW complained the entire way. She made is extremely apparent during this trip that uphill is 100% not her thing.

​Driving from the glacier back toward camp we stopped at what seemed to be every roadside pullout and viewpoint. Why? Because why not?! 
Two white and brown pit bull dogs in front of the milky aqua river along the Icefield Parkway in Banff National Park
A hiker and two dogs sitting on a rock overlooking a river with mountains in the background in Banff National Park
It wound up being one of my favorite days. There would be no cars when we parked, so we’d wander down the side of the roadside up to the edge of the river flowing by and just hang out until people started appearing. Then we’d hop back in the car and continue to the next spot. A relatively lazy day of soaking up the sunshine and hanging out. <3 
A serious looking brown pit bull dog with a green color in front of a milky aqua colored river with mountains in the background
A white pit bull dog with a pink harness overlooking Waterfowl Lake with mountains in the background
A woman with her arms around a white pit bull dog and a brown pit bull dog overlooking Waterfowl Lake with mountains and glaciers in the background
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