The Rove was fixed and we were finally on the road again, actually listening to Willy Nelson singing the song too for added effect ;). We had decided to take a bit of a detour to drive through the Canadian Rockies, we thought we might as well since we were still in Canada! Our first stop was at Eagle Pass, where the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was driven:

That night we camped at the Loop Brook Campground, which is part of Rogers Pass National Historic Site. We woke the next morning to the sound of the river and this view:

The more we drove the happier we were to have made the decision to take the detour… the Rockies are absolutely stunning! Looking at those majestic mountains you can’t help but remember you are just a tiny organism in this vast land. The next stop was at the Summit of Rogers Pass in the heart of Glacier National Park, aptly named as it has more than 100 glaciers in its 1,350 square kilometers.

Next was the spectacular Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park. No use in trying to describe this gem with words, here are a couple of images that will tell a better story than I ever could:

We also stopped to admire the Natural Bridge in Yoho National Park with its raging waters carving the stone:

We saw many other wonders during our 400 kilometre drive this day, including the Spiral Tunnels, Crow’s Foot Glacier, the Weeping Wall and the Athabasca Glacier. We camped at Honeymoon Lake that night, happy to have seen so much beauty and excited at the prospect of getting closer to the Alaska Highway, but more on that on the next post 😉 In the meantime, here’s a glimpse of Lake Louise, another one of the magnificent stops of the day: