Banff and Yoho National Parks

July 2, 2024 – Tuesday

Today was a day of driving, hiking and sightseeing in Banff and Yoho National Parks.  The area we are in has four contiguous national parks.  Banff was the first Canadian National Park.  Yoho, Jasper and Kootenay National Parks share borders with Banff.  These national parks cover a beautiful portion of the Canadian Rockies.

We hiked to Bow Falls, Johnston Falls, Takakkaw Falls, and visited Emerald Lake, the Spiral Train Tunnels, Lake Louise and Moraine Lake.  We camped in the Lake Louise Campground that has an electric fence around the entire campground to keep the bears out.  We also saw our first bear alongside the road in Yoho National Park.  Both parks have many beautiful views of mountains, forests, rivers and lakes.  Unfortunately it was raining most of the day, so the pictures didn’t turn out as well as things looked in real life.