We traveled into Alberta, Canada with the intention of going out of our way to go to Banff and see Lake Louise. We were shocked to see ice still covering most of the lake. Normally the lake is a beautiful bluish teal color. If you look at the edge of the ice you can see some of the blue color. The water is so clear that the glacier reflects in the water. We then traveled on the Icefield Parkway in Banff. This road goes through the mountains along Alberta's border with British Columbia. We didn't have time to travel the whole parkway but the mountains -- many with glaciers and frozen lakes at the bottom were absolutely beautiful. It would have been neat to see the actual icefield but it will have to be some other time.
Next we traveled to Stony Plain, Alberta which is west of Edmonton. The roads in Alberta are rough, grooved from all the heavy truck traffic and every bridge and railroad crossing has sent us bouncing. As we traveled up to Grande Prairie we also encountered frost heaves and road that was just plain crumbling. It is hard to believe that the Canadians put up with such bad roads. We've decided that the Alaska highway can't be any worse but I guess we will soon find out. The other thing we are having a hard time with are the fuel stops. Its hard to find stations that are big enough for RV's. We are lucky that we can unhitch the truck at the rv park and go get fuel. We've only seen two actual truck stops/travel centers.
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