Canadian Rocky Mountain Road Trip - May 2017

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This is what happens when a graphic designer tries to take pictures.

Midway up the Banff Gondola in Banff National Park.

Somewhere in Banff National Park.

Bow River Valley, Banff National Park, Alberta

Bow River Valley, Banff National Park, Alberta.

The azul waters of the Bow River with a skeletal-like tree being dragged in its current,

The north face of Mount Rundle and a part of the Bow River Valley, Banff National Park, Alberta. There are also hoodoos in the immediate foreground.

Somewhere along the way to the Inkpots in Banff National Park.

At the top of Sulphur Mountain thanks to the Banff Gondola. Off to the right is the Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station. Built in 1954 at an elevation of 7,490 feet.

A glacier lurks in the background. Frozen Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta.

Me getting ready to hike across the Frozen Lake Louise to the glacier in the background. Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta.

Hot spring pool in Banff National Park. The little grey, gooey looking orbs floating on the leaves are a rare species of endangered snails that only call this side of the mountain home.

Chasing the origin of the hot spring above.

A view of Lake Patricia and Pyramid Mountain. Jasper National Park, Alberta.

Interesting rods of delicate ice on the shores of Lake Patricia. Jasper National Park, Alberta.

Ice crystals cover a partially frozen Pyramid Lake. This shot was taken looking south to Indian Peak. Jasper National Park, Alberta.

A cairn overlooking the Athabasca Glacier in Alberta.

Glacier goat. Near the Athabasca Glacier along the Icefields Parkway.

Seen off of the Icefields Parkway. Somewhere between Banff and Jasper National Parks.

This little black-tailed prairie dog though he could hide from me. Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, is the only place in Canada that these little guys still inhabit. Agriculture has destroyed their natural habitats.