With the bear viewing in the bag, we made the long jump to jasper with Paul having to drive about 10 hours through a little snow on the long mountain climb out of Bella-Coola, through some beautiful country side, stopping at Tim Horton’s for coffee of course, to the more commercial and tourism based, but none the less magnificent town of Jasper.
The stay in Jasper was designed to offer us some picturesque mountain scenery and wildlife shots such as a range of Birds, Coyote, Elk, Mule Deer, White Tail Deer, Sheep, Chipmunks, Squirrels, Pikas (The worlds smallest rabbit at only about 6 inches long) and the illusive Moose and Wolf, that we so far haven’t managed to find. This is really beautiful country and a must to see if you’re visiting Alberta Canada.
The photographers are thick on the ground here and it only takes minutes after we’ve stopped to photograph an Elk, for dozens to materialise out of nowhere. I do have a little lens envy when some of these guys pop lenses on their cameras that look more like the Hubble Telescope than a camera lens, but then again, there is a lot using the same lenses and Dad and I, so I don’t quite feel like I’m using a tiny little compact.
I’ve had a few late nights sorting thousands of photographs, so I’m going to keep the writing a little light for this BLOG. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I have prepared a sample of some of the things we’ve photographed that should give me brownie point for a huge essay. Because we’ve got so much to show you, I’ve created another new album to show you the wildlife, a few scenes, people and even a couple of lovely young ladies who were ever so helpful to a couple of Australian Tourists.
MORE PHOTOS ADDED TODAY : NEW ALBUM 3If you would like to see some more photo's of what we've seen so far, please visit our PICASA Web Albums page!
Keep smiling ...
Darren & Keith Gardiner
Jasper Jokers
Beautiful pictures. All are great shots. Nice editing. Thanks for sharing such wonderful pictures.
ReplyDeleteThank YOU for taking the time to comment. It's very much appreciated. Funnily enough, all of these photos were cropped and tweaked in the early hours of the morning, after very long days on the road on my little travel laptop, rather than on the usual three 30" monitors in the office. Thank you for the compliments!
ReplyDeleteRegards ... Darren