Back in B.C.

Today we took the circle route around Calgary and on to Banff where we decided to take the Southern Route via Radium Hot Springs and on for a 2 day stop at Cranbrook. Between Banff and Radium we passed through an active forest fire area. Sides of the mountains were blackened by the fire with fire crews still dampening down some hot spots. Highway 3 was closed for periods several times a day depending on the forest fire activity.

 Marker of the Continental Divide, where water flows East to the Atlantic and West to the Pacific.
We are at 5382 feet above sea level

 Leaving Alberta and entering British Columbia.