"Dee.Dee" wrote:

>
> I was telling a friend from Canada that we had been to Lake Louise -- she
> asked me if I had gone swimming there. I said, "No, we ....." and didn't
> finish a sentence until she roared with laughter; I thought she was going to
> pass-out. It was good-natured fun (for her!)
>
> Of course, after she stopped doing the hyenae-thing, she explained (I won't
> describe the demeanor) that no-one goes swimming in Lake Louise.

I can imagine that. It is glacier fed and bloody cold. I was there once at the
end of July and no one was swimming. A few days later we were in Whistler and
my cousin took us for a hike to Lost Lake. My wufe went for a swim but I only
got out far enough for the water to reach my knees . It was too cold for me.