The awakening of Waterfowl lake
I already posted earlier something from Waterfowl lake (www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/20885938864), and although that one is not a bad picture I always had the impression there was something better in my other shots that day, because I remember the day started clouded and hazy, and light coming later. I finally chose a cropped version from an image that shows more of the surroundings, but by cropping it is better to catch the somewhat still bleak light and haze on the mountains.
On the morning I took this picture, I wasn't in the mood to hurry so I walked from the waterfowl lake campground to this lake ( a 5 min hiking distance) and enjoyed most of the day this view. Another nice thing what happened was that I saw a lot of bird-life that otherwise I would have chased away, and I heard the call of the loon, which is absolutely amazing, and that reminded me of of the morning calls of the gibbons in the tropical rainforest. The loons were looking after their chick, the first in three years one of the rangers told me merrily!
From the 11th of June till the 25th of July, I traveled in Canada. Starting in Brighton Ontario, where my sister lives at the border of an amazing part of lake Ontario, I flew to Vancouver, and Vancouver island where I took the boat at Port Hardy to take part 1 of the Inside passage, to Prince Rupert in BC. Two days later I took part 2 to Skagway in Alaska. When coming from Skagway Alaska, you can take the train to Carcross. it is a very scenic train ride that halts at Bennet lake.
And then to Whitehorse and further on by car to Kluane National park in the Yukon district. Whitehorse is situated at the border of the Yukon. Frow there I flew back to Vancouver, rented a car, and traveled three weeks in the BC- and Alberta Rockies, visiting the famous, and less famous Nature parks like Banff and Jasper. Last few days back to Brighton Ontario to enjoy lake Ontario once more, before going home. A picture of my itinerary can be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152940536581759&set...).
4000 pictures later, it is quite a task to show the right stuff, although the stunning scenery guarantees at least a few great shots to share. Objective will be to make a book (for myself mainly), and that might take a while.
I hope you will enjoy the impression of my travel, one that equals earlier journeys to Alaska and south America, this journey was the first in the digital era, and equally intensive because of all the hiking activities every day on and on. I loved every minute of it.
The awakening of Waterfowl lake
I already posted earlier something from Waterfowl lake (www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/20885938864), and although that one is not a bad picture I always had the impression there was something better in my other shots that day, because I remember the day started clouded and hazy, and light coming later. I finally chose a cropped version from an image that shows more of the surroundings, but by cropping it is better to catch the somewhat still bleak light and haze on the mountains.
On the morning I took this picture, I wasn't in the mood to hurry so I walked from the waterfowl lake campground to this lake ( a 5 min hiking distance) and enjoyed most of the day this view. Another nice thing what happened was that I saw a lot of bird-life that otherwise I would have chased away, and I heard the call of the loon, which is absolutely amazing, and that reminded me of of the morning calls of the gibbons in the tropical rainforest. The loons were looking after their chick, the first in three years one of the rangers told me merrily!
From the 11th of June till the 25th of July, I traveled in Canada. Starting in Brighton Ontario, where my sister lives at the border of an amazing part of lake Ontario, I flew to Vancouver, and Vancouver island where I took the boat at Port Hardy to take part 1 of the Inside passage, to Prince Rupert in BC. Two days later I took part 2 to Skagway in Alaska. When coming from Skagway Alaska, you can take the train to Carcross. it is a very scenic train ride that halts at Bennet lake.
And then to Whitehorse and further on by car to Kluane National park in the Yukon district. Whitehorse is situated at the border of the Yukon. Frow there I flew back to Vancouver, rented a car, and traveled three weeks in the BC- and Alberta Rockies, visiting the famous, and less famous Nature parks like Banff and Jasper. Last few days back to Brighton Ontario to enjoy lake Ontario once more, before going home. A picture of my itinerary can be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152940536581759&set...).
4000 pictures later, it is quite a task to show the right stuff, although the stunning scenery guarantees at least a few great shots to share. Objective will be to make a book (for myself mainly), and that might take a while.
I hope you will enjoy the impression of my travel, one that equals earlier journeys to Alaska and south America, this journey was the first in the digital era, and equally intensive because of all the hiking activities every day on and on. I loved every minute of it.