Rockbound Lake, Alberta - 28 July 2013

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Parking lot for Rockbound Lake, <br />on a Sunday in July... info booth... the trail is 8 km one way... and rises up behind Castle Mountain <br />into some lush alpine meadows... Hedysarum sulphurescens (Yellow Hedysarum)... Castilleja rhexifolia, (Indian Paintbrush)... Townsendia parryi (Parry's Townsendia)... Phyllodoce empetriformis (Purple Heather?) and Indian Paintbrush... Arnica augustifolia (Alpine Arnica?)... Aquilegia flavescens (Columbine)... Mary-Ann and Ian, Tower Lake... Tower Lake... Tower lake, and the east spire of Castle Mountain... Tower Lake from the trail to Rockbound Lake... boulder above Tower Lake... trail below Rockbound Lake... Rockbound Lake... Rockbound Lake... and a very peaceful place for lunch... the Bow Valley, above Tower Lake.