The wildlife has been amazing thus far. We’ve seen over 40 elk and too many ground squirrels to count. There are also marmots who stand tall at attention and then scamper into their holes when you get too close. We’ve seen bears throughout our drive to Banff – even a mom and a cub – but we weren’t getting too close to them. One time, a grizzly bear lumbered across the road in front of our car and then casually ate berries in the ditch. We were the only ones around so we were able to sit in our car with the windows open and snap lots of great photos.
Scary Stuff…
As we continued our drive to Lake Louise – a bear ran out in front of the traffic…cars swerved to avoid it, but unfortunately, the bear was hit by a car and went up on the windshield. It rolled off and then ran into the bush. The car spun around and Oliver quickly braked and moved out of the way in case they came across and hit us. Once everyone had stopped, we checked on the people in the car. Luckily, nobody was hurt, but they were in total shock as were we. From then on we all watched the road attentively and hoped the injured bear was not hurt too badly.
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