I am on vaction in the Canadian Rockies. Blogging will be low, but maybe there will be some pictures. Elks, anyone?
As it happens, about twenty minutes after writing this, I saw my first elk, standing in front of our hotel here in Banff. Madeleine and I were on our way to the hot springs. Recommended.
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No, but I am a Freemason.
I just returned from a trip to Snoqualmie Washington where I spent each day looking for elk alongside the “Elk X-ing” sign on Railroad Way. The first day we spotted a dead elk evidently hit by a truck. The last day when the rains came down in a light mist just about dusk I looked off into the meadow and saw lots of ‘em. Pulled off the side of road camera ready and counted 56 elk! The most exciting part of our trip!
Good luck with your elk safari, Roger! They’re beautiful!
Susan
I hope you are doing the Banff – Lake Louise – Jasper circuit at the very least. Don’t miss the Columbia Icefield.
And on the eve of a possible North Korean nuclear test, you really need to check out Radium Hot Springs.
you really need to check out Radium Hot Springs.
The little-known but better hot springs (OMHO: always a subjective call of course) is actually at Ainsworth, near Nelson BC, if you get that far, Roger. Never heard of it before? Good. Enjoy following it thru the cave, too.
We are doing precisely the circuit Skookumchuk recommends. And, no, ras,I have not heard of Ainsworth…. but will check it out.
Does this have anything to do with the August 22 surprise? ;>)
Keep your eyes open for the fire chief in Nelson.
Don’t mention his nose; he’s touchy.
Some time (preferably June) you should bring your family Up Here to the Yukon… and I will serve you coffee/scotch/wine…
Elk population started growing, and elk started entering mountain towns. Some sort of thing as with Berlin’s wild boar and Southern California’s cougars. You want to be real careful around breeding time, male elk get aggressive then and have been know to attack people.
If an elk has antlers, he doesn’t want to be your friend.
Roger,
If you’re doing Skookumchuk’s recommended circuit, then you won’t get close enough to Nelson or Ainsworth, but I thought I’d mention it not just for you, but also for others who might head that way at some time. Enjoy your holiday; the area you’re in is as beautiful as they come.
Nelson itself is interesting. Nice setting. Nice climate. Full of pot smoking 60s style hippies. Some folks in Nelson recently tried to erect statuary commemorating US draft dodgers. http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/05/11/war-resistance-statue.html
If you go, try the little known highway 97 C from near Kimberly (Saint Mary Lake Road) over to Gray Creek. Better with an SUV but cars work too. ‘Highway’ does not imply pavement, nor even comfort, only that it is passable. It saves a lot of mileage and is hugely scenic. And empty. Do NOT miss the Redding Creek turn.
Travel Hint: Plain of Six Glaciers Tea House.
Try the tomato soup and fresh bread. Simple, delicious. A life saver after a long climb.