Toronto at dawn
Aug. 5, 09. When the pilot announced "10", it took a nano to realize he meant DEGREES. First and last view, downtown Calgary.
Between Calgary and Drumheller
Badlands
More badlands
Badlands 3: the black stuff IS coal.
Albertosaurus
10 year old, patiently explaining marine paleontology to his Mom. We were there once, a generation ago. It was a little odd without the young'un - twas him that turned us on to prehistoric life.
Wall sculpture, Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller
Deer, Alberta Heritage Park, Calgary
A moment in time, Calgary
Derrick - replica of the first oil well found in Alberta in Turner Valley.
Gas Plant, Turner Valley. They were capping the well, and had shut down the flame a week before. This is the site of the first oil in Alberta.
Turner Valley gas plant
Turner Valley. Capping Dingman 2
Dingman 2 complex, Turner Valley
Prairie meets Foothill
Bow River
Banff
Smoke through the Rockies, thanks to BC being on fire.
Revelstoke Wildflowers
Roadside flowers, insistent through gravel
Mt Revelstoke
This is the picture I wasn't supposed to take because I didn't see the sign(s) about not stepping off the path. I felt really bad after. For awhile.
View from Mt Revelstoke. I like the nine distances.
Those fabulous meadows, again. It's got something to do with a late melt...?
Aug 10. Looking north along the Columbia from the peak of Mt Revelstoke. Smoke from the many fires mists the view. You can smell them across mountains. This area hasn't had rain since May. We brought some.
At dusk, the fire on the other side of Begbie and sharp rays from a broken sun. There's a strong message here, whatever it is.
Rainbow. Harder n' hell to catch in Algonquin, easy as a couple o' casts here. A minute later, he was warning his grandtrout.
B.C. Logging Museum
Emily Carr College of Art
Victoria's Dragon Boat Festival. Each lantern has a personal message or prayer for a loved one with cancer. I bought one for Katy because she'd love the colour and she would so much enjoy this particular day.
Er, some of the gimmicks at the car show in Ladner were as much fun as the shiny old cars.
Motorcycle chain
Hope Slide. Basically, an earthquake triggered half a mountain to fall down and kill people. It's hard to show the scale of the rubble in photos.
Watch for falling ram
Hedley
No. 1 gone to the dogs.
Trailer Park Boys
Fire
Two seasons: ski and construction.
Red pine beetle
Lake Louise
Moraine Lake
Er, what were the several dozen people DOING out of their cars? Look kids! A pet grizzly!
Is there a better way to say goodbye to mountain country?
There she goes, she's flyin' again
