Worship at the Mountain Top

Mr. Black Bear Crossing the Road

Top of Parker's Ridge-Glacier Below

Big Horn Sheep on Top of Wilcox's Pass

Sunset Reflected Off of Mountain

I stood on the mountain with tears in my eyes overlooking several glaciers and with mountains soaring toward the heavens all around me and worshiped this morning. What a glorious day God gave us and how wonderful and beautiful is His creation.

We drove a couple of hours to start our day by hiking Parker's Ridge. After the climb up-up the switch backs you came out on a ridge that overlooked a beautiful glacier that is only viewable by hiking. There was a new glacier lake being formed at its base. There were waterfalls from the mountains to the valley and it was breathtaking. We enjoyed a rest and our lunch at the top of the ridge overlooking all of this glory with a stiff wind blowing through the pines.

We then drove to the Icefields and viewed several glaciers which surround, top and flow through all of the beautiful peaks around you.

We then did our second hike of the day at Wilcox's Pass. Up through the forest and then onto the meadow and up and up. We finally ended up at the pass where we saw a herd of big horn sheep. They did not seem afraid of us and we were within feet of them. What a treat! When we summited the pass the view of the glacier field was unbelievable. We were on the top of the world!

Back down we go, finally getting to the trailhead at 7:30. We start back toward Banff and God gave us one more treat! We saw a black bear on the side of the road! We quickly stopped and Sandra was able to get a picture of him crossing the road. What a perfect ending to our day!

We stopped for dinner and then began the long trek home. God's final gift for the day was a beautiful golden full moon rising over the mountains. GLORY!

We are back home and it is midnight and we have another 5:30 wakeup for our final hike.

TWO HIKES IN ONE DAY- around 11 miles.

Lisa is pushing through and made every step today. Sonja is doctoring and hopefully she will be able to complete the final day. The good news is none of us will need collagen injections for our lips-the bad news is that they are all blistered. Small price to pay!