Cloudy Day Waterton Lakes

 

 

 House of Clouds

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I would build a cloudy House
For my thoughts to live in;
When for earth too fancy-loose
And too low for Heaven!
Hush! I talk my dream aloud---
I build it bright to see,---
I build it on the moonlit cloud,
To which I looked with thee.

Cloud-walls of the morning's grey,
Faced with amber column,---
Crowned with crimson cupola
From a sunset solemn!
May mists, for the casements, fetch,
Pale and glimmering;
With a sunbeam hid in each,
And a smell of spring.

International Peace Park Gallery

 

The top photos were taken at the Waterton Valley Viewpoint at the International Peace Park.

Waterton Lakes National Park Gallery III

  

Red Rock Canyon

 

Cameron Lake

Cameron Lake is at the end of Akamina Parkway.  There were a lot of tourist so we hike Cameron Lakeshore trail.  The mountain range still had snow and ice against the black mountain peaks.

Bear Sightings Waterton Lakes National Park

We saw several bears on Red Rock Parkway and Akamina Parkway.  I freaked out if the car got too close.  These bears are large and I did not want to get into a bear jam but people are crazy and will not drive slowly pass them. 

Bighorn Sheep Waterton Lakes National Park

This Bighorn sheep was on Red Rock Parkway outside Waterton Lakes Village.  We saw a lot of wildlife driving around the park.

Waterton Lakes National Park Gallery II

Waterton Lakes National Park Gallery I

  

Where the Dinosaurs Roam "Dinosaur Provincial Park"

The nearly 29-square-mile park is best known for its extensive fossil beds which have been identified with 35 different species of dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Epoch (about 100 to 65 million years ago). There are also fossilized remains of Cretaceous fish, reptiles, and amphibians.  It was a spectacular sight and my camera does not give the depth and magnitude of the canyons.

Road Trip to Dinosaur Provincial Park

A few sights on the road trip to Dinosaur Provincial Park.  I particularly like the large steers quietly resting behind the fence-in pasture.  The old rusty truck with a dinosaur in a cage. The lonely decaying cabins surrounded by a golden prairie and blue skies.

Last Chance Saloon

 

I had to visit Last Chance Saloon.  It was not what I had expected but I got to see "Bee's Knees" and the small western town of Wayne.  You have to cross 11 bridges to get to Wayne.  I tried to keep count each time a bridge was crossed.  It was not a scenic drive because the river was very muddy green.  This trip was definitely out in the middle of No Where and I did not stop at the Last Chance Saloon for a drink!  I took my chances further down the road in Drumheller.

 

 

This is my favorite picture of Wayne.  It was two old rusty cars.  I am always looking for old cars and trucks left abandon sitting in fields or people's yard.  It just goes to show that there are rednecks in Canada too.