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Well there are some amazing mountains and lakes and then more amazing mountains and lakes, a few glaciers and waterfalls then yet more amazing mountains and lakes. The weather has been very good to us and we are all getting as well as could be expected in a large group in confined space.

I have been averaging 12km hikes each day with much of that steep up and downs. We have seen many deer and elk, one moose and a grizzly bear with cubs.

Lake Louise and Lake Moraine were definite highlights as far as turquoise and aqua water go. There is less snow on the peaks than I would have thought but we did find plenty on the icefields parkway and did a glacier walk onto one of the glaciers which was pretty cool - in temperature and in awesomeness.

We are now in Jasper where there are... surprisingly... amazing mountains and lakes!!!