Banff National Park, AB, Canada

The drive from Vancouver to Banff proved uneventful until the last two hours when I entered the park. I found myself torn between paying full attention to the road and groping for my camera to capture the beauty of the raw natural scenes as they whizzed past Roy. Fortunately, my occasional meanderings across the central divider were not met with oncoming traffic and I was able to capture some inspiring shots. As the weather began to turn treacherous, and the winding turns of Canada's highway 1 became less and less agreeable with Roy, I decided that I would land at Lake Louise instead of my original destination of Banff. When faced with the decision between a campground for thirty dollars and a hostel spot for forty dollars, I opted for modern day conveniences.

Instead of fumbling over my own speech to try and describe the awesome (and I use this word with its original form of awe inspiring) natural splendor of Banff, I will let my amateur pictures do the talking for me. Hopefully even their roughly framed beauty will inspire you all: