Welcome to the Rockie mountains....you may remember them in such films as.......yah I got nothing. Anyway Mom and Dad took us through the Rockie Mountains on our way to Calgary to send us off to England so we could be Steve's parents problem. We traveled through the mountains for three days stopping at beautiful mountains, waterfalls, and huge rapids!!!!
Steve and I with our backs to a very large waterfall. Might I say that you don't get that in Saskatchewan!!!
This is one of many things that you would see. The water finds a pathway through the mountains and after centuries of carving out a path the water runs very quickly. You can hear when you are getting close!!
One of the falls (see, we didn't have to go to Niagara Falls!)
This is Steve on a Glacier. We are at the Columbia ice fields located between Banff and Jasper in the Rockie Mountains. It was really interesting to see how quickly it is receding!!! We walked past many markers that showed where it sat 50 years ago to 3 years ago. 
Steve didn't quite believe me when I said that it'd be cold and to bring a jacket. It's an ice field, it's cold for a reason. When you looked around the ice field, even where there isn't ice, it's a barren place.
They had cones out to mark where you could go safely. Dad asked us what we learned when we got back from walking to it. I replied "People are dumb, and it's receding". I say the first part because there are so many signs telling you to stay within the cones because of hidden ice caverns underneath the ice. Should you find and fall into one you will probably be dead in about 8 minutes due to extreme hypothermia (all the icy water flowing over you ect). They also had signs posted saying the last three rescue attempts failed. And yet if you look at the pictures above this one you will see that there are people way beyond us....and we were literally two steps away from the cones.
A far away shot of the ice fields.
Steve was checking out some water closely.
A part of the forest that surrounds everything here.
My dog Jean Luc meeting up with one of his kind......doesn't happen a lot.
This is looking straight down.
One of the gorges.
The brilliant outdoors in Canada.
A shot of the family......with the Timmies......see proves it's Canada.
Mom and I soaking up the attention.
Steve taking his turn. He shows off that Waygook shirt in every country!!
This is a cool pic to see how the water really does shape the land around it.
Mountain goats on the side of the road.
This is right near Lake Louise. These mountains use to be on the back of our twenty dollar bills.
This is also where Steve received his biggest disappointment of the trip. He finally saw an RCMP officer..........but he didn't recognize them because he expected them to be wearing their red uniform. I explained that it is their dress uniform.......he said he felt like he was lied to!! I think he's just being himself.
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