To Yoho National Park & Emerald Lake

Even though it snowed last night, we awoke late to bright sunshine. This augured well for our foray into Yoho National Park. The timing for our trip into the National Parks has not been excellent because the Parks Canada Visitor Centres are all “temporarily closed” until May. This means we cannot purchase the Discovery Pass we intended to get. You should have a pass (displayed on your dashboard) to visit any of the national parks but they are not available in person just now - and we don’t have a printer to get the online pass in hard copy. Oh well, speaking with a few Canadians, they said: just do it! So we did.
Our first stop was Natural Bridge. This is an impressive natural rock formation that spans the flow of the Kicking Horse River west of the small cute town of Field. Looking at the extraordinary weathering of the rocks reminds of the powerful shaping force of water. Canada on this side of the continent is simply filled with water in all its guises: ice, liquid, steam, snow, sleet, rain, rivers, falls and lakes. It is so richly endowed that for an Australian it seems extravagant!
After Natural Bridge we drove onto Emerald Lake. Well in summer it’s emerald but in winter and early spring it is snowy white. We went for a walk, and then Graham bravely walked out onto the lake itself while I remained on terra more firma thank you very much. By this time the sun was beginning to be swallowed up by clouds and we decided to beat the retreat to Golden and a light afternoon tea. Tonight we are treating ourselves to a dinner out. Come on Graham let’s go, all those mountains made me hungry!Read more