Had 11:00 Ice Cubes Tour with Bernard Faure. He looked like a French-Canadian Grandpa F. and had been giving outdoor tours for most of his life. There was a couple from Pennsylvania and a family from Ottawa also in our group.
We climbed up the glacier and learned a lot about it. The glacial streams down the ice were cold and clear. (And tasted good, according to M and the kids.) We also got to look down a deep mill well. The tour lasted over 3 hours and it was a lot of walking uphill on icy, snow-like conditions. The kids were real troopers and we were glad we had our fleeces and full rain gear and starburst candies. :)
After the ice tour we were all bushed. We ate a picnic lunch by the ice field visitor center, then we drove to Lake Louise to see the lake. Beautiful.
After a campground supper, we drove to Moraine Lake and climbed the big rock pile for a great view of the lake. Returned to the campground, which was packed full and had a lot of train activity. This is also the campground with the electric bear fence.
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