We haven't seen a bear since Jasper, but that doesn't mean they aren't here. From a recent edition of 'The Bow Valley Crag & Canyon' (the Bow Valley runs from Bannf to Lake Louise): two hikers from Calgary encountered a bear with a dead moose carcass. The bear to protect his food attacked the male hiker. The female hiker retrieved her bear spray from her rucsac and dropped it. As she picked it up the bear bit her hand and the bear spray. The spray went off and luckily the bear retreated. Another local story, a man in Canmore was out walking his dog (in the town) when a grizzly bear appeared, the dog started to chase the bear but the bear then chased the dog. The man ran after his dog which was now between him and the bear. The bear veered off and all ended well. From Lake Louise to Banff they have constructed a fence both sides of the highway to keep wildlife off the road as there is that much here even though we haven't seen it. The Bow valley road is the old highway and is on the wild side of the fence. We have already driven this road on the way to Yoho but find ourselves once again heading down the main fenced highway south of Lake Louise in search of the turning to Kootenay National Park. We crossed the continental divide once again and parked up at the Stanley Glacier trailhead. We had seen a lot of cloud so far today with mountains visible above and below, now things were starting to improve but it wasn't very warm. The trail map stated the Stanley Glacier was 4.3kms one way, but close on 5kms you could still only see the tip of it's toe with the rest hidden from view. The trail continued but It was at least another hour over scree before you could see the glacier proper. As today is a driving day with a hike thrown in we decided we had gone far enough. A brief lunch stop then back we went. Another quick stop to visit marble canyon, difficult to photograph even from the many bridges spanning it as it is so narrow, twisting and deep. Much better to admire than take pictures of. Several more hours of driving and we arrived at the town of Radium Hot springs. The plan was to take a dip in the hot springs (around 6 dollars each), but Donna chose to go to the laundromat instead. Clothes washing was more important and there wasn't enough time to do both. Donna dropped me at the visitors centre so I could do some blogging and research as we have so little info about where we are headed next. Ten minutes after dropping me off the visitors centre closed, but the wifi still worked outside. Without a coat or jumper, I continued to surf the net getting colder and colder. Research done, I lingered at the roadside waiting for Donna. The sun had gone in, the wind had got up and I was chilled to the bone. A family over the road were replacing mortar in a pebbled wall and seeing me dither came over wrapped me up in a coat and blanket and gave me a chair to sit on. Where on earth is Donna? She did eventually return and was extremely confused at my tramp like appearance. With thankyou's over we went to the deserted RV ground and thawed out with the heating on and a hot drink. Where to next?