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And the baby bear said, "This water is too cold."
Black bear
August 17, 2011
Bearly ashore
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August 24, 2011
Canon Rebel T1i,
Bearly looking up
Black bear
August 17, 2011
Red bear-ies - my favorite
Black bear
August 17, 2011
What's under here?
Black bear
August 17, 2011
Grubs! Yum!
Black bear
August 17, 2011
Taste like chicken
Black bear
August 17, 2011
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Short on longhorn
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Contestant 522
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Log jam
Moraine Lake
Juy 17, 2011
Mountainous reflection
Moraine Lake
Hike to Lake Agnes
Low hanging cloud
En rounte to Lake Agnes
Reflecting on the hike
Mirror Lake
Hike to Edith Cavell Meadow, Angel Glacier Lake
Angel glacier lake
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Possibly Lycoperdon perlatum
(per Fred Stevens)
Hike to Edith Cavell Meadow
Witches butter
Dacrymyces
per Fred Stevens
Hike to Edith Cavell Meadow
The Burgess Shale
Getting oriented
August 18, 2011
Here, our guide Mike is describing the 14 mile round trip trek up to the shale. (We had heard it wzs only 12.)
Canadian map quest
August 18, 2011
Trilobite
August 18, 2011
Haplophrentis
August 18, 2011
Bob, Charles, and the shale
August 18, 2011
Wendy finds a fossil
August 18, 2011
Shale fossilized
August 18, 2011
Two old fossils
August 18, 2011
Mike and Charles
Our guide to the shale and our guide to the shale :D
August 18, 2011
Bob attempts some up-shale jumping
August 18, 2011
Hiking companions
Lianne and Walter (and Charles)
Above Emerald Lake
August 18, 2011
Familial hiking
August 18, 2011
Alpine Bob
August 18, 2011
Hidden waterfall
August 18, 2011
Takakkaw Falls
August 18, 2011
Fossils
Ammonite
Ammonite
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Banff Springs Hotel
Our upscale accomodations - In reality, the hotel was impressive architecturally with nice common areas, but the rooms were nothing out of the ordinary.
Oh Canada
taken at the base of the Banff Gondola
The Trip Itinerary: August 13 - August 20, 2011
August 13, 2011 - Arrive in Edmonton from SFO
- Rent car and drive to Jasper
- Bighorn sheep
- Dinner at Jasper Pizza Company
- Stay at Astoria Hotel in Jasper
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August 14, 2011 - Jasper National Park
- Boat trip on Maligne Lake to Spirit Island
- Hike along Maligne Canyon trail
- Medicine Lake
- Dinner at Earl's in Jasper
- Stay at Astoria Hotel in Jasper
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August 15, 2011 - Jasper to Lake Louise
- Hike up to Angel Glacier Lake, Edith Cavell Meadows
- Drive along Icefield's Highway
- Dinner at Icefields Visitor Center
- Stay at Lake Louise Hotel
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August 16, 2011 - Lake Louise
- Hike up to Agnes Lake, stop at Mirror Lake
- Lunch at Agnes Lake Tea House
- Hike along Lake Louise
- Dinner at Lake Louise Hotel
- Stay at Lake Louise Hotel
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August 17, 2011 - Lake Louise
- Drive along Icefield Parkway
- Bear encounter
- Canoing in Moraine Lake
- Dinner at Post Hotel, view wine cellar
- Stay at Lake Louise Hotel
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August 18, 2011 - Yoho National Park
- Hike to Burgess Shale, above Emerald Lake
- Takkakaw Falls
- Stay at Banff Springs Hotel
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August 19, 2011 - Banff National Park
- Gondola Ride
- Dinner at Coyote's - in town
- Stay at Banff Springs Hotel
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August 20, 2011 - Depart Calgary for Broward International
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