Saturday and Sunday, our last two days were just as special. We got up at 4:30 AM on Sat. and drove to Emerald Lake to see the sunrise, and it was everything we could have hoped for. The day was brilliant, the lake a perfect mirror, and the hike around the lake (5.2K) was, for me, the most beautiful day of the trip, even though it was the day I fell on the trail, bruised ribs, and wound up the next day at an emergency room in Golden.
Here are the remaining photos, for the end of a trip of a lifetime of memories.
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| Before sunrise on Emerald Lake, a Loon and youngster. |
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| The top of the mountain across the lake, just getting sun |
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| Don waiting for the sun to hit the peaks |
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| And the sun rises |
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| Truly as beautiful a sight as one could wish for. |
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And immediately after I shot this photo, I turned around and fell on my face. The damage wasn't apparent
until the next morning, at the emergency room.
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| We continued on our hike around the lake, and the light continued to glow |
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| This is an iPhone pano |
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| Wild flowers all along the trail, including these "Doll's Eyes" |
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| One more shot across the lake looking northwest. |
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| This is a remarkable picture looking northeast. |
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And here is the Emerald Lake Lodge, and as great a breakfast as I have ever partaken of.
(The Three hour hike before hand must have helped)
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| A final shot of Emerald Lake from the lodge front porch. |
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We drove Rt. 93 north from Radium Hot Springs, to Castle Junction on Rt. I. The scenery must have been
overwhelming, but we saw little of it, because of thick smoke from local forest fires. The Northeast
has seen no rain since May, and the fires are constant.
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| As we got closer to Rt. I, the skies cleared, and we got to see some of the scenery. And what scenery. |
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Very difficult to photograph Mt. Rundle with all the forest fires.
A great sight viewed from the Vermillion Lakes
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| And lastly, Lake Minnewanka, just another spectacularly beautiful sight. |
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