We were worried it would rain today, with forecasts predicting a 60% chance. We were all under the weather this morning, so we got off to a late start. Mamma and Daddy felt the best, so they left us at the hotel and went on a nine mile hike in the mountains. We stayed behind and watched “Singin’ In The Rain.” After Morgen’s nap, we three walked down to “The Village” for ice cream, then went for a walk by the river before eating dinner at the Town House Cafe.
Daddy was a bit down, since the camp stove blew up on him yesterday evening and singed off some of the hair on the top of his head. So, Mamma agreed to go with him on a long hike. It was a tough one -- a nine-mile trek that climbed more than 2,250 feet in elevation from their starting point in Lake Louise. The hike took them to top of the “Big Beehive” that overlooks the lake. They had lunch at a shelter on top of the Big Beehive, then hiked down to Lake Agnes, a high lake that perches 1,800 feet above Lake Louise. That part of the hike was perilous, on a steep snowy hillside 400 feet above the frozen lake. Lake Agnes is the home of a beautiful little Tea House, which receives its supplies by helicopter and is open from June - October. After the hike down from Lake Agnes, they ate a well-deserved dinner in at the Lake Louise Lodge -- just before it began to rain!
After leaving Lake Louise with a spring in her step,
Mama finally reaches the top of the Big Beehive.
2,250 feet above Lake Louise
This high shelter had an amazing view.
Mama rests before hiking down to Lake Agnes
Daddy on a steep slope 400 feet above frozen Lake Agnes
Watch your step!
The trail down is still covered in ice.
Still hundreds of feet above the lake.
Lakeside at last!
Daddy at the end of Lake Agnes
Lake Agnes and the Big Beehive
A nice Australian couple took our photo at Lake Agnes
Beginning the descent back to Lake Louise.
Lake Agnes pours into the gorge in a beautiful set of waterfalls.
Base of the Big Beehive.
Now you know how it got its name!
A hungry porcupine along the trail.
Our table at the Lake Louise Lodge
4 comments:
I'm trying to think of a new adjective to use: I've already said about your other pictures that they are gorgeous, incredible, amazing, beautiful... I know, glorious, that describes it! The mountains, snow, lakes, etc. are glorious! Did y'all do something to the picture 2,250 above Lake Louise, or is the water really that blue?
Still praying for your health and safety! (That icy decent did look dangerous.)
Love,
Grace
The photo at the top and from the lounge are worth you hiking to the top for me! Thanks! How much hair did John lose?
Well, let's just say that the hair in the front center is now quite a bit shorter, and curly at the ends. He is looking forward to getting back home where a barber can "even things out."
We didn't retouch the photo, Grace! The water was really that blue. The rock flour from the glacier diffracts the light and makes it so beautiful. Mamma said Daddy shouted "God, that is just ridiculous!" when they saw the lake below.
Wow!! Gorgeous!!
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