Banff NP, Alberta, Canada - Day 3

Lake Louise on a smokey morning 

the hike up offered and empty trail and cool air while the sun was behind the mountains  

just off the trail on the way up, trying slower shutter speeds to blur the water 

Mia and Maeve already did this hike earlier in the week before I arrived but Mia really wanted me to see it, the only way to fit it in would be by waking up at dawn on the final day - which we did, and Maeve was a trooper and came along with us

the tea house at the top of the trail and Abbot one of the house dogs. Tea house workers haul up propane and supplies and stay for about a week before hauling down trash before they get a few days off and do it all over again 

we had tea and biscuits while listening for glacial or rock falls. They echo through the valley sounding like thunder.  

on the way down we were actually running (during the safe parts) because we had to get back to the hotel before checkout and were losing time 

by this time in the late morning the bottom of the trail was a mob of people clogging the path, people riding horses to the tea house rather than walking, and rock climbers doing their thing 

another stop off the trail on the return to peek at the rushing glacial stream which fills Lake Louise 

We spent the last afternoon getting a post-hike breakfast and strolling around downtown Banff and the Bow River to Bow Falls and finally to the airport 

Moon rise