[Brad]

Flying from Houston to Great Falls, MT, then driving north.

Will be spending a day at Glacier Nat'l Park, then further north to Canadia!
4 days in the Lake Louise/Moraine Lake/Banff area

I had planned on purchasing, but will be renting instead for this trip, a Zeiss Distagon 21mm lens.

Can't wait.
But have to - the Lakes don't thaw until the end of May or early June, so going later in June   

[stlrman]

Nice! Don't miss Yoho National Park on the on the drive up there. Some really nice hikes there. Lake Moraine is my favorite! It's all glorious up there. Enjoy! Please share the photos.
Todd

[gnuyork]

I had planned on purchasing, but will be renting instead for this trip, a Zeiss Distagon 21mm lens.

I have not used this lens, but i hear great things about it, I think renting is a great idea to try out lenses. I did with the 24mm TSE Canon lens. It confirmed I did not want to buy it. Now that Zeiss on the  other hand...

[Brad]

Thanks for the tip on Yoho.
Will definitely share pics after the trip.

Can't wait to try out the Zeiss either.
I noticed BH has a nice combo pack of Zeiss manual focus lenses
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/818396-REG/Zeiss_410951_0000_032_ZE_SLR_Lens_Case.html
Hopefully next year's budget will allow the 21mm.