Day 18

Finally on the road again, we headed back on our route through Banff and Jasper Provincial Parks.

The night before we had rain, hail and high winds and this morning it was cold with frost and snow. As we traveled into Banff they have animal overpasses, the roads are fenced and go over the overpasses which are covered with vegetation, what a cool Idea. As we traveled north to an elevation of about 6,800 feet we had more snow covered trees which looked like a surrealistic land. The mountains were all around us and beautiful. After a few hours we were on the ice field parkway and stopped at the visitor center. Our plan was to take an ice field tour on a special bus, but it was $53.00 each and we watched the buses go in and out of the fog, too pricey and no chance of views we did not go. We did have lunch there and continued our journey on a wavy bumpy road through Jasper Park. Once through the park the roads improved and on to our campground. Oh, the truck performed very well! 

Animal crossings 

Ice Field Visitor Center

Ice Field Bus

Female Big Horn Sheep as we passed by