Tuesday, August 31, 2010

8 31 Jasper-- hike to beaver dam, gorgeous Maligne Lake, bear, another lake


Morning walk to a beaver pond.  No one around for our 3 hour hike.I knew that every pine needle had a line for breathing, but this shows how the birch trees have a similar way of "breathing" through every single leaf.  Also, that's what makes them look like they are "quaking".This bear was beside the road and so interested in eating berries that he didn't care at all about us photographing him.  Always a thrill to see a bear.  He is the second one we've seen on the trip.This is Maligne Lake, one of the many, many gorgeous lakes.  Photos don't do this place justice at all.  We should have taken video because everywhere you turn is another photo.  I take about 300 pictures a day, and try to boil them down to about ten.  300/day doesn't do this place justice, let alone trying to capture it with ten.  Impossible.

1 comment:

  1. We were here about two weeks before you two! Your photos are gorgeous. When we made it to the Rockies, there were fires all over BC and Alberta, so the visibility was less than clear. Still, the scenery was unbelievable.

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