路易思湖
早晨清冷，天阴着。湖面平静，大名鼎鼎的路易思湖，映着包围她的雪山，水是微微的蓝绿之间。五颜六色的小划船息在船屋前。游人的多让我们吃惊，相机的闪光灯在湖的对岸时起彼伏，好象很多是日本人。
然后是AGNES湖，要爬３。４公里。有的地方很陡，苦尽甘来，爬完之后可以喝茶。一座木材的茶馆临湖而立。湖很小。茶也一般。景色一流。充分享受小茶馆，读完了我在读的一本书。而晓楠拍照，之之不倦。下午开经BOW VALLEY 大道，停停走走，看了瀑布。但还是金黄的树林让我们惊艳。 阳光照在一片白桦林上，我们弃车而下，拍。５分钟后，居然下雨。我们仍然拍个不停。１分钟后，一道彩虹出现。
晚饭是家日本料理。赞。
Lake Louise
It was a grey morning, chilly. The lake is quiet. The water is there, under the clouds. But a sense of serenity brought by this huge set of water, shimming the green color.
Two main peaks form a V shape, where the lake somehow meets the mountain, appears and disappears.
A small boat house harbors doubles of canoes, facing down, red.
Many travellers along the lake, that surprised us, because, it was 7:30 in the morning, but, a lot of people has arrived before us. A lot cameras working. The flash lights off at the opposite of lake, that startered us, also made me smile. How many times this water have been photoed?
Trail to lake Agnes, 3.4 km. evalation gain 1312 feets. It was tough! Part of it is very steep. Well, at the end of trail, it rewarded us with the tea house along with lake Anges. I thoroughly enjoyed the tea house, spent more than two hours here. Finished the "west in the night", the final a few chapters. We had hummus sandwich, peppermint tea, and hot chocolate for me later while waiting for xiaonan to come back from his hike up to BeeHives.Lunch inside the car.
Then we headed to Bow Valley Parkway. First stop is Johnson Cannon. The air is full of water. The info says "listen to the water, feel its power and its life". Hiking up to upper fall was nice, a typical waterfall hike. Moist in the air, water running inside the creek, ferns and moss flourish on the rocks, along the creek, bird chirping in distance. Part of road is actually the suspended rail which extended from the cliff.Driving on Bow Valley Parkway, back to Canmore, many breathtaking stops. sun casts rays on the bright yellow larch trees. The railway along the creek in the valley. Well, the mountain peaks are always there, as background. You tend to forget them, until they are lit by sun again and again, taking your breath away. Many photos taken. regret my poor techniques, didn't capture what I saw, what I wanted to carry the memory as. hmm.. Need visit muleshoe meadow. The sunshine meadow worth the revisit too.
It starts to rain. We saw the rainbow over the larch trees. The rainbow was brief, it seems to be for us two only. :o)
Back to Hwy 1, a few miles before exit 83, we had to stop and move the car to shoulder. The sun was doing its magic again, the peaks were lit up, the lagoon, the trees, the clouds, the mist (because of rain) lingering on top of the peaks, everything was just there, at that moment. Truely thankful.Dinner choice is Chef's Studio Japan (http://chefsstudiojapan.com). The food was greet, the sushi, Tempura (I didn't know Tempura could taste that good), and Alberta Beef. Yammy.
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