The second day of our trip began in Lethbridge. We departed around 8:30 am for the short drive to our first photo site, Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo-Jump. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a buffalo jump (a cliff formation which First Nations historically used to hunt and kill plains bison). It’s located where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains begin to rise…
Author: shotsbyp
Alberta Road Trip: Day 1
It’s been a disappointing autumn so far. Considerable rain, unseasonable amounts of snow and of course, it’s been quite cool. We finally got a break this week and I didn’t miss the opportunity. On Tuesday, Bob Bear and I embarked on a photographic road trip, deferred from mid-September due to the inclement weather. The following…
Milky Way at Chain Lakes
This is my third post about the Milky Way, the galaxy that contains our Solar System. The descriptor “milky” is derived from the galaxy’s appearance from Earth: a band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye. On this occasion, I was accompanied by Harv Emter, friend,…
Muleshoe Trek
Back in July I made the trek up the Muleshoe Trail, located in Banff NP just west of the Town of Banff. My experience was chronicled in a blog I posted on July 3… https://www.shotsbypeter.com/blog/?p=11793. I was very impressed with the photographic opportunities and planned to return this fall to capture the sights in their autumn…
Most Scenic Road in Canada
The most scenic stretch of road in Canada, is the Bow Valley Parkway (Highway 1A on the map). That’s an audacious, provocative statement! I refer specifically to the stretch of the Parkway beginning just west of Banff to Castle Junction, a distance of 24 km. The road continues on to Lake Louise and despite it’s beauty,…