2700 miles - Alaska to Montana

This will be a small sample of pictures we took along the way over these past 2700 miles across Canada.  It is impossible to show you all the grand views and amazing scenes of the last nine days since we left Alaska.  We journeyed  through the Yukon Territory, British Columbia, and Jasper and Banff in Alberta, crossing back into the US in Idaho.  

Today we are sitting in the rain (first one since AK) at a campground in Montana doing laundry and catching up with ourselves.  

A few thoughts to share.  British Columbia is very serious about their wildlife and littering. We saw these signs.  The first one represents what we always called a "red-letter day" in Maine -if we saw all three large mammals on the same day!  This happened a few times in Maine and several times on our way home now.

And they are not kidding about littering either! $2000!

Another thing we noticed was that's the water levels were higher and bluer than they were on our way to Alaska as a result of the melting glaciers.  It is different from home where we expect the volume of streams and rivers to lessen as the summer goes along.

                                       

I will never tire of the amazing glacier blues and greens of the water.

One of the favorites surprises all along the way has been the wildlife.  We have counted many Bears Caribou, Deer, Sheep and Bison since leaving Alaska.  The Moose have not been as plentiful.

                              

The little cub turned it's back but is still visible.

One day we saw three bears!  Lots of Caribou.

                                  

We saw this deer in a small town enjoying the Petunias.

These are Stone Sheep a subspecies of the Dall Sheep we saw in Denali.

Wood Bison or Buffalo

We didn't get good pictures of the Trumpeter Swans but noted that instead of being on the nests (as they were on our trip TO Alaska ) they now were swimming around with their young. Happy sightings.

We had a chance to visit the Liard Mountain Hotsprings and it was a lovely respite after dry camping for five or six days. We walked the boardwalk to the pools and enjoyed windflowers along the way and then the lovely soak in the natural hot springs.

And here is one happy camper!

This will have to be a first installment of this section of our trip.  In a few days I want to share more scenes of the places we stopped like Jasper and the Columbia Icefield, and Banff National Parks, Mount Robeson Park, Kootenai River NWR and the Swinging Bridge and more. 

                Thank you for continuing to support our journey both on the road and in life.