Pikes Peak

Pikes Peak
"Spacious Skies"

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Cloudy Day Waterton Lakes

 



 

 House of Clouds

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I would build a cloudy House
For my thoughts to live in;
When for earth too fancy-loose
And too low for Heaven!
Hush! I talk my dream aloud---
I build it bright to see,---
I build it on the moonlit cloud,
To which I looked with thee.

Cloud-walls of the morning's grey,
Faced with amber column,---
Crowned with crimson cupola
From a sunset solemn!
May mists, for the casements, fetch,
Pale and glimmering;
With a sunbeam hid in each,
And a smell of spring.

International Peace Park Gallery



 


The top photos were taken at the Waterton Valley Viewpoint at the International Peace Park.

Waterton Lakes National Park Gallery III


  



Red Rock Canyon


 


Cameron Lake



Cameron Lake is at the end of Akamina Parkway.  There were a lot of tourist so we hike Cameron Lakeshore trail.  The mountain range still had snow and ice against the black mountain peaks.

Bear Sightings Waterton Lakes National Park





We saw several bears on Red Rock Parkway and Akamina Parkway.  I freaked out if the car got too close.  These bears are large and I did not want to get into a bear jam but people are crazy and will not drive slowly pass them. 

Bighorn Sheep Waterton Lakes National Park



This Bighorn sheep was on Red Rock Parkway outside Waterton Lakes Village.  We saw a lot of wildlife driving around the park.

Waterton Lakes National Park Gallery II






Monday, July 20, 2015

Waterton Lakes National Park Gallery I

  





Where the Dinosaurs Roam "Dinosaur Provincial Park"






The nearly 29-square-mile park is best known for its extensive fossil beds which have been identified with 35 different species of dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Epoch (about 100 to 65 million years ago). There are also fossilized remains of Cretaceous fish, reptiles, and amphibians.  It was a spectacular sight and my camera does not give the depth and magnitude of the canyons.

Road Trip to Dinosaur Provincial Park







A few sights on the road trip to Dinosaur Provincial Park.  I particularly like the large steers quietly resting behind the fence-in pasture.  The old rusty truck with a dinosaur in a cage. The lonely decaying cabins surrounded by a golden prairie and blue skies.