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We are in Cardston, AB tonight (Thursday). Tomorrow, Friday, we will be visiting Writing on Stone Provincial Park and then heading to Conrad, Montana. Will you be in that area? Jim |
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Absolutely amazing, wonderful write-up and pictures!
You missed your calling as a travel reporter. |
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Best, - Jeff |
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Jim,
Great pictures, I just realized I am living in the wrong place... Daniel |
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That last series of pics are of my favorite place in the world (so far). I try to get out to Banff and Canmore once every couple of years. I hope to retire there but my wife isn't sure. She says the mountains make her feel claustrophobic. I still have a few years to work on that.
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That one on the waterfall is spectacular !
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On Thursday, we left Lake Louise and drove south, leaving Banff National Park. We took the scenic route (as if anything could be more scenic than yesterday). We saw a deer in the woods on the edge of the road:
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0017.jpg Leaving the Canadian Rockies behind, we passed through the rolling farmland of southern Alberta. This area, west of Calagry, was primarily beef cattle ranches. As we went further, the ranches became very large and alot of the cattle were free range: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0073.jpg http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...DSC_0054-1.jpg We drove up to Crowsnest Pass where there is a pass over the mountains. In 1903, there was a coal mining town, named Franks, nestled in the valley. Early one morning, the entire side of the mountain above the town fractured and slid down into the valley. In about 100 seconds, half of the town was destroyed and 70-90 people died. Estimates are that 90 million tons of rock slid down the mountain and accross the valley. Here is how the mountain looks today. The original peak of the mountain and all of the rock below it collapsed in an instant: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...DSC_0115-2.jpg This view is from across the road and railroad tracks that all were buried: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0125.jpg This view is the rock field accross the roar from the mountain, that extends for more than 1/4 mile accross the valley: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0146.jpg |
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After Crowsnest Pass, we headed back to the south and east to go to Waterton National Park. The park is on the border with the US and is next to Glacier National Park in Montana.
The landscape flattened to the south and became more scrub brush: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...DSC_0233-2.jpg We went about 15 miles into the park to Red Rock Canyon. The river cut through layers of the sedimentary rock that are rich in iron that when exposed to water turns red: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0340.jpg We had fun climbing down into the canyon and walking by the water: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0461.jpg We spotted this chipmonk zipping along the water's edge looking for a way across: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0424.jpg Here is a nice view from the river bed looking back at the mountins: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...DSC_0527-1.jpg On our way back to the main road, we got a quick look at a grizzly bear: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0605.jpg |
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Since our return route to Maryland did not include a day to explore Glacier National Park, we decided to make a speed-run drive by.
We left Waterton National Park in Canada, crossed the border and entered Montana and Glacier National park: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0650.jpg http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0688.jpg We were in the very north east corner of the park, but we got a good view of Chief Mountain: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0654.jpg We headed east out of the Park and came upon a herd of cattle grazing and wandering on the road: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0720.jpg http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0769.jpg Once we got back to the highway, we turned to the north and crossed back into Canada after about 30 minutes in the US: http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/DSC_0804.jpg Jim |
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