Spiral Tunnels, Emerald Lake, Takakkaw Falls, and Lake Minnewanka.

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Bob and Caroline came to join us on our last day out in the Rockies. We met up at the condo before heading out to the Spiral Tunnels. The Spiral Tunnels were so named because of the way the railroad spiraled in and out of the mountain so that the grade of the track was not too steep. Normally it was pretty boring to look at, but when a train was moving through, one could watch as the train entered in one tunnel and exited out from the other.

We had passed a train on the way to the tunnels, and heard it enter and exit the far tunnel (which was not viewable from the lookout point), but waited for the better part of an hour before deciding that it was not worth waiting for. I have no idea where the train went, perhaps it had to really slow down to go through this section of track? As such, we had no good pictures of the tunnels.
Afterward, we headed to Emerald Lake where we hiked a bit around the lake and had a nice lunch.

Emerald Lake.
Our next stop was at Takakkaw Falls, which is the second highest falls in Western Canada.

Me and Maggie at Takakkaw Falls.
Finally we headed back to Banff to see Lake Minnewanka, which is the site of a submurged village due to a dam built to provide hydro-electric power.


Lake Minnewanka.
We had a short discussion whether we should eat in Banff or head back to Calgary for dinner before settling in on driving back to Calgary first. So long Rockies!


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