We've been on the road for just over 2 weeks and have come over 4000 miles to Alaska. We are in Fairbanks tonight and will be here for a few days before going on to Denali National Park. The following pictures are all from crossing Canada - which was very nice.
Claresholm, Alberta, Canada had been the site of the largest Canadian pilot training camp for WW2 and then into the 60's. We camped in the city park, and this was there as a memorial to pilots who served the nation.
Birds of the Carson-Pegasus Campground at McLeod Lake, Alberta.
Common Loons
Male Horned Grebe in breeding plumage
Male Mallards
Red-Necked Grebes
Strawberry-Banana-Blueberry Pancakes for dinner.
We arrived at Muncho Lake, British Columbia on a very cold, windy, and overcast afternoon with light snow flurries. We were completely enamored and wandered the shore all afternoon and then again in the morning.
Mike
Dennis
Spring bud with ice and snow
Chipmunk
Close-ups of ice on the lake
Dennis being overwhelmed
Our campsite
Mew Gull on top of a pine tree
Sleepy Camper in the Casita
And then we drove on to Liard Hot Springs, where Mike soaked for an hour while Dennis looked for birds.
Solitary Sandpiper
Raven in a Birch tree
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Greater Yellowlegs
And then later on to Watson Lake campground in The Yukon, which was still covered with snow and ice, and in which we were completely alone.
Tree Bark
Male Spruce Grouse, in breeding plumage
And in flight
Canada Jay
Warbler ?
Male Caribou at the side of the road
And a Black Bear at the side of the road.
And in The Yukon distance is measured in Caribous.
That must have been a spiritual experience you will treasure forever. Rema
ReplyDeleteYour trip is restoring my faith in so much. Thank you for sharing. ~Elvira
ReplyDeleteYour photos of the ice on Mucho Lake Are fabulous. They look like abstract art.
ReplyDeleteLove, Pattiš
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