The Amazing Adventures of a Zoobroker and a Sentiographer
To drive from Jasper to Lake Louise take the Ice Field Parkway, please. Imagine a huge valley running through the Rockies with a (frozen) river and a glacier... and you will be here.
Stunning. Amazing. Breathtaking. And somewhat dangerous. Definitely qualifies for our "Best Roads on Earth" series.
Sometimes you just have to make a change. I've always wanted a mohawk. Zoo once had blonde hair. The results?
I handled all the voting. Zoo said my mohawk is called "the Blum."
Jasper is not a hopping town on a Monday night... I guess that's fortunate. If we go out to a bar looking like this, everyone might think we're a gay couple. Which we are not. Seriously.
Tonight I braved the 19-degree (F) cold plus possibility for a bear mauling and broke out on my own to shoot some astral photography.
Looked good in B/W, too.
Then the clouds rolled in and I tapped the brake lights a bit for local lighting. Hey, whatever it takes!
(apologies for the bad re-compression by Wordpress... the images are not icky like these show up...)
Ummm... You can't avoid the latest Toyota commercials right now. The premise of it is Canadians abroad who visit a Canadian theme park. Canadian hilarity ensues, including Shoot a Puck, Knit a Toque and this promotion with Tim Horton's. Which, by the way, it's the same here in Canada as it is in America:
We also have moose behind the police cars at our chain coffee houses. See him?
OK, so on the coffee cup, the rules state:
"Skill testing question required for Canadian residents." Ahem, on to the website PDF.
Before being declared a winner, each Canadian selected entrant must first correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited, arithmetical, skill-testing question to be administered by telephone at a mutually convenient time.
I am confused. You have to answer a math question to qualify? Perhaps Americans should consider this, too. "Hello? Yes - if a train leaving Sacramento at 11:15am approached a train leaving Los Angeles at 1pm..." We just have to be breathing to qualify.
When we arrived last night in Kamloops, our hotel was right next to the Curling Center. I was excited! We went in and asked if we could learn/play/photograph. Warm reception - great people!
Alas, when we came back at 9am this morning (their suggestion), neither the Russian National Women's Curling Team or anyone else was there... Shucks. I really wanted to learn how to Curl.
As we descended into the valley, we ducked back behind a lumber mill on Cherry Bluff and shot north - northeast:
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So we took 99 to 97 from Whistler to Kamloops, and I have to say, although it wasn't as remote as our previous "Greatest Roads On Earth", it was certainly a beautiful drive, even on a dreary day. [singlepic id=11 w=320 h=240]
The whole road is basically an avalanche or falling rock or flood zone. Beware.
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But Phaux still managed to make me look pretty good. [singlepic id=21 w=320 h=240] [singlepic id=22 w=320 h=240] [singlepic id=23 w=320 h=240]
Phaux had some issues with his boots, and was very nearly crying his way down the mountain. Kids, When it comes to a road trip, just bring your stuff from home, do not rent. You will have way more fun. [singlepic id=7 w=320 h=240]
