Lake Louise, Banff National Park

Over the weekend we tried to visit Lake Louise, both to kayak and to simply see this extremely picturesque lake. Unfortunately, we were not alone in thinking such thoughts. We spent over an hour trying to find a place to park to no avail. I ended up parking the truck where I was not allowed, just so we could unload the kayaks. Before we went through the effort Kerri ran up the 100 yards to see if there was a place to launch. The above photo is what she came back with. Count them! In this small picture there are 39 people in the scene, not including those in canoes on the water. We left…… only to return another day, in the evening, after the majority of the tourists left the scene. This time, instead of kayaking, we decided to hike, and Moose got to join us which he badly needed.

We did end up hiking the 2km to the other side of the lake and then return. There were still many people out hiking even at 8pm, but it was much more enjoyable. The lighting was not ideal for photographs, but it is impossible to go wrong here anyway. As you can see from this photo, the water was a cloudy teal-blue and only just above freezing. Virgin glacial water likes to stay super-cold year round.