Almost to British Columbia

We are at a campground with all the frills tonight in Grande Prairie, Alberta. We just had a nice shower, did laundry, and have the Internet and cable TV (haven't had TV for 4 days-Eldon is excited). We slowed our pace in the Rockies and enjoyed the scenery. We spent one night in Banff, one at Lake Louise and one at Jasper. All beautiful. The campground in Lake Louise has electric fencing around the tent camping area due to the bears. Don't worry Carlynn - we're OK!We are glad to be surrounded by metal in a hard shell camper! Yesterday we stopped at the Columbia Icefields and took the tour to the Athabasca Glacier. We are are about 2 hours from Dawson Creek, British Columbia. It is the official start of the Alaska Highway. Pretty much any vehicle we see now from the States is headed for Alaska. Guess we won't be alone! The campgrounds have had a lot of Europeans in rental RV's. We have a lot of great pictures, it will be hard to pick which ones to post.
Comments from Eldon: Since the last posting, the views have become dramatic. Banff was very European, as was Lake Louise. Jasper was a regular, less touristy town. The acronym for Banff is Bring Assets Nothings For Free and it lives up to it's acronym. Lake Louise is the most photographed lake in the world and I can see why. The water has a high mineral content which gives it an emerald glow. It was awe inspiring. The animal count so far is one flock of Dall sheep, one black bear, 2 coyotes, 2 moose (one live, one roadkill-that's a heap of roadkill), 7 deer and one antelope. Can't wait to get to Dawson Creek.
Comments from Larry: An animal Eldon never mentioned is a marmot. I met my first one in Banff while I was resting under the camper. We saw each other at the same time and wow, what a race. It looks looks a chipmunk on steroids. They remind me of prairie dogs but they don't have holes, The marmots just chatter and make fun of me. I would like to see a prairie dog again.