Rick C
August 17th, 2008, 07:36 PM
Very hot here the last few days so it was up very early on Sunday for a trip to the mountains to help Abby celebrate her 10th birthday.
The early start increased the chances of seeing the local wildlife out prowling around and so it was that we saw this Grizzly boy along the highway, giving Abby and Keeper a brief Death Stare as they pondered his existence from about 75 feet away. Mostly, he was foraging the local berries and was unconcerned with our presence.
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Amazingly, we would later see a momma Grizzly and her cub on a cut line, watched carefully by a Ranger, as she bee lined straight for a crowded parking lot we had just vacated at Upper Kananaskis Lake. Two sightings in one day of Grizzlies is pretty rare. Fortunately.
Starting out, Keeper gets set to unwind a momentous shaking of water in the early morning calm of Upper Kananaskis Lake. We were on the way to Rawlings Lake, a steep climb above this one. By the time we returned to this spot at around noonish, the temperature was around 30 Celcius and would later be 33 C on the truck thermometer as we got home.
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Below, our hikes in the summer seem to be on "Keeper Time" as she struggles even in the cool of the forest, basically hopping from one swimming hole to the next so she can cool her hips. So we stop and talk, then walk, then stop and talk then walk until we arrived at Rawlings Lake, still surrounded by snow in mid-August. Keeper, who turned 10 earlier this summer, can make this hike with ease in the middle of winter when it's cool . . . . and it's quite pretty here at that time of year but with huge piles of snow.
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Below, Abby in an intrepid pose at 10 years of age, surrounded with snow dappled cliffs, at Rawlings Lake after a hike into the higher elevations. And thanks for the water drops on the lense on the left. Abby retains much of the energy of her youth.
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Below, this is Grizzly Country, a nearby sign warns us, with frequent sightings in this place. So Keeper and Abby felt it prudent to let some gentlemen hikers pass us as bait, er, as warning bells, er, because we are such good sports.
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Below, on a blistering day yesterday, Abby and Keeper were river walking in Threepoint Creek, near their home. Waterways are public property in Alberta and this passes as the local beach in our otherwise lake deprived and fairly arid area. We can go a long ways . . . . .
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Rick C
www.goldentales.ca
The early start increased the chances of seeing the local wildlife out prowling around and so it was that we saw this Grizzly boy along the highway, giving Abby and Keeper a brief Death Stare as they pondered his existence from about 75 feet away. Mostly, he was foraging the local berries and was unconcerned with our presence.
http://www.goldentales.ca/CSC_0619-edit4.jpg
Amazingly, we would later see a momma Grizzly and her cub on a cut line, watched carefully by a Ranger, as she bee lined straight for a crowded parking lot we had just vacated at Upper Kananaskis Lake. Two sightings in one day of Grizzlies is pretty rare. Fortunately.
Starting out, Keeper gets set to unwind a momentous shaking of water in the early morning calm of Upper Kananaskis Lake. We were on the way to Rawlings Lake, a steep climb above this one. By the time we returned to this spot at around noonish, the temperature was around 30 Celcius and would later be 33 C on the truck thermometer as we got home.
http://www.goldentales.ca/CSC_0630-edit1.jpg
Below, our hikes in the summer seem to be on "Keeper Time" as she struggles even in the cool of the forest, basically hopping from one swimming hole to the next so she can cool her hips. So we stop and talk, then walk, then stop and talk then walk until we arrived at Rawlings Lake, still surrounded by snow in mid-August. Keeper, who turned 10 earlier this summer, can make this hike with ease in the middle of winter when it's cool . . . . and it's quite pretty here at that time of year but with huge piles of snow.
http://www.goldentales.ca/DSC_0460-edit1.jpg
Below, Abby in an intrepid pose at 10 years of age, surrounded with snow dappled cliffs, at Rawlings Lake after a hike into the higher elevations. And thanks for the water drops on the lense on the left. Abby retains much of the energy of her youth.
http://www.goldentales.ca/DSC_0521-edit1.jpg
Below, this is Grizzly Country, a nearby sign warns us, with frequent sightings in this place. So Keeper and Abby felt it prudent to let some gentlemen hikers pass us as bait, er, as warning bells, er, because we are such good sports.
http://www.goldentales.ca/DSC_0539-edit1.jpg
Below, on a blistering day yesterday, Abby and Keeper were river walking in Threepoint Creek, near their home. Waterways are public property in Alberta and this passes as the local beach in our otherwise lake deprived and fairly arid area. We can go a long ways . . . . .
http://www.goldentales.ca/CSC_0348-edit1.jpg
Rick C
www.goldentales.ca