Earlier this week I left on a road trip. My ultimate destination was Waterton Lakes National Park, situated in southern Alberta, on the international border. This park is adjacent to Glacier National Park in northern Montana and together they are referred to as the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. Since this was a photographic road trip,…
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
Today, I ventured to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, one of Alberta’s newest provincial parks. Located along the north shore of the Bow River between Calgary and Cochrane, it consists of more than 1,300 hectares of foothills parkland. I arrived early after driving Rolande to the airport. The skies were cloudless but the park was shrouded in…
Radium Stroll
During our recent visit to Radium B.C., I took a morning walk with camera in hand. I kept my eyes open for things that might photograph well. As I discussed in a post last February, I’m working on some techniques I learned in a workshop last year and from a book entitled “Photography and the…
Amazing Flowers
We’re presently spending a few days in Radium, B.C.,about 90 minutes west of Canmore. I was wandering around in this small town when I spotted some beautiful flowers in a someone’s front yard. I couldn’t resist taking a picture and I’ve chosen to share it in today’s post. I think these flowers are called Gaillardias…
Field, British Columbia
Field is a community of approximately 300 people located in the Kicking Horse River valley of southeastern British Columbia , within the confines of Yoho National Park. Field was established during the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) as a locomotive depot for pusher engines required to help trains over the nearby Field Hill and Big Hill. It is also…