So I get all excited this early morn, because its sunrise photo taking time at Lake Louise – returning after 4 years, this time with tripod and capacity to do long exposures and use a filter. Perfect. Freezing cold with -2 degrees at 7am. Tripod and camera all assembled at the photo taking point, with about another 20 keen photographers. Turn camera on and I read a message “no memory card available”.  I freeze, but not from the cold. Good God, I’ve left the memory card in the computer last night after doing my edits. NOOOOOOOO! Lids is not taking a photo this morning after all. As I was travelling to the hotel, got to see what the sky was doing in the opposite direction. Very nice hues. Ah well. Lesson learnt.

After brekkie, travelled to see the renowned Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, crossing the border back into BC. Glad I got there before 10am, because after that, bus hoards descended. A 5.2 hiking trail circuits the lake, the first half of which is accessible to wheelchairs and strollers. The lake is enclosed by mountains of the President Range, as well as Mount Burgess and Wapta Mountain. The vivid turquoise colour of the water, caused by powdered limestone, is most spectacular in July, as snow melts from the surrounding mountains. Still a lovely sight in October.  

Then onto Natural Bridge, an impressive rock formation that spans the Kicking Horse River, where the slower moving waters from the Field River flats begin their descent through a canyon to be joined by the Amiskwi River. It’s a powerful reminder of how much influence water plays in the shaping of a landscape!

 

 

 

 

 

Went back in the evening for sunset….