These two pictures are both of Mount Rundle, which is one of the mountains around Banff. It was named after a missionary and explorer who was very influential in the area. Mt. Rundle from another view
This cracked us up ... it took us a little while to figure out that when they said Texas Gate, they really meant a cattle guard (except here I guess it's a deer/elk/wolf/coyote guard - maybe "Texas gate" fits on the sign better!)
and speaking of deer and elk ....

We saw a lot of deer and elk. We also saw a coyote, but didn't get a very good picture of that, and we saw some cool birds (a golden eagle taking a branch to its nest as we were canoeing, an opsrey that flew right over us at Lake Louise, and a Whiskey Jack, also known as a Gray Jay, perched in a tree)..We really wanted to see a bear, but weren't lucky enough - this sign at Lake Louise ski resort got our hopes up, though... (if it's too small to read, double click on it, and then click on the back button to get back to this page)