Coasting down the Rockies in Alberta

The view of the Rocky Mountains coming over the pass was fantastic. Huge, rocky peaks, coming out of beautiful blue glacial lakes. Still lots of snow up on those mountains - it probably stays year round. It was about 50km to the Alberta border, and I was pushing it a bit to stay ahead of the clouds that looked like they were following us. At the summit, the wind really started to blow - from the west finally! And it kept building, as well as getting warmer, for the rest of the day. By the end of the day, I was in my top gear and doing about 50 km/hr on the flats (it is pretty much all flat here), there was so much wind.