A Gallery: Delights & Splendors of Cascadia

[Hornblende]

Wow H~ that is one rare February day in Vancouver. Gorgeous.

We were very lucky with the weather in Vancouver - cool but sunny, mostly. Having moved on now we're hoping for snowy evenings and clear days!

 

[Hornblende]

I love that bridge, and that area. I spent New Year's Eve this year at the Blind Sparrow, about 15 minutes from there.

http://www.blindsparrow.ca/

That menu looks tempting!

 

[albertaboy]

Lake of the Woods

http://ijc.org/files/tinymce/uploaded/images/lake-of-the-woods-early-spring-2016-forum.jpg

 

[Mister_Song]

That menu looks tempting!

It was really good, and the space is nice.

 

[Mister_Song]

Lake of the Woods

Serenity.

 

[yukonnights]

Lake of the Woods

More, more ! Love Alberta and love Canada...hope you will share some of her secrets with us so we can plan the next trip !

 

[albertaboy]

More, more ! Love Alberta and love Canada...hope you will share some of her secrets with us so we can plan the next trip !

There are beautiful stops all over Canada, I have lived in 5 of our provinces form Alberta in the west to New Brunswick in the east.

I would say my two favourite spots are Jasper, AB

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/18/87/1f/peyto-lake-on-icefields.jpg

http://www.travelweek.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/07.27_new_jasper-673x427.jpg

and Lake of the Woods in Northwestern Ontario

http://www.northernontario.travel/sites/default/files/styles/cover_proportional/public/leads/0856379c571c3bb55a9215e2bf1282f5_XL.jpg?itok=pEd9P73I

https://www.outdoorphotographycanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/55_Sunset2_GraphicLake_Kenora_ONshlead.jpg

 

[yukonnights]

albertaboy, I've been through Alberta, BC and Yukon Territory many times. I've seen the beauty of Banff/Jasper but am feeling a need to go back.

One interesting aspect of all those miles is the fact that I have rarely seen a police vehicle...I have never felt insecure...and I have never felt unwelcome. So to my thinking; There's a lot to like.

A Wikipedia image of Banff Nat. Park

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Moraine_Lake_17092005.jpg/568px-Moraine_Lake_17092005.jpg

 

[yukonnights]

This is an image of the Banff/Jasper area in Canada. All of the ones I post are views from the highway going through the parks...so anyone can see this amazing place really easily. I liked the BW version better...although I see I still need to adjust them a little brighter for here

 

[yukonnights]

Another Banff/Jasper view.

 

[yukonnights]

This little guy was spotted somewhere in BC Canada...can't remember exactly where (I tend to not take good notes )

I think of this little flower as a smiling forest dragon...I have no idea what the real name of the flower is, but she looks like a little dragon fairy to me

 

[yukonnights]

Jumping back up farther north around Skagway, AK and Carcross YT,
This is one of several images I took of lichen (?) on a section of the highway that was a rocky summit terrain. These little lichen were so amazing...like a miniature forest.
I had to walk very carefully from rock to rock to avoid crushing them...I've never seen another place like this.

 

[yukonnights]

Here's another of these "grand vista" kind of shots one sees in this part of Canada (Yukon Territory/Haines, AK/Skagway, AK). Maybe it's just me, but I find the only word to describe it as "Big". I included the road for perspective...it's hard to see at this scale, but the road cut can be seen far away in the bottom right of the photo.

It's really amazing country that my photos do not do justice to.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[yukonnights]

It's a type of slipper orchid I think; what it is called I do not know, with slipper or if and area you could google it but I think I prefer smiling forest dragon a

Good call !
http://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/eflora/images/cypripediumparviflorumcarson.jpg
Yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum), photo by Alan Carson

Link to: E-Flora BC

 

[albertaboy]

albertaboy, I've been through Alberta, BC and Yukon Territory many times. I've seen the beauty of Banff/Jasper but am feeling a need to go back.

One interesting aspect of all those miles is the fact that I have rarely seen a police vehicle...I have never felt insecure...and I have never felt unwelcome. So to my thinking; There's a lot to like.

A Wikipedia image of Banff Nat. Park

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Moraine_Lake_17092005.jpg/568px-Moraine_Lake_17092005.jpg

Outside of a few inner city areas in Canada, we tend to hope not to see a cruiser.

If I see one it usually means a speeding ticket.

 

[tomboners]

https://68.media.tumblr.com/88d439298f387e067b49424f83c65814/tumblr_om2hftQ7tc1u87fj2o1_1280.jpg

Boulevard Park in Bellingham, WA

 

[Mister_Song]

Boulevard Park in Bellingham, WA

Been some crazy weather over the past few weeks, with more snow predicted for this weekend. Today was glorious though.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Avisionaire/ballardsunset_zpsaflo98xk.jpg

Sunset in Seattle, as seen through pines and my loft window.

 

[Hornblende]

Part way down the Blackcomb Glacier, today.

http://i.imgur.com/X3UTj9o.jpg

 

[Mister_Song]

Part way down the Blackcomb Glacier, today.

It looks like the air might be thin up there. What a gorgeous view.

 

[Hornblende]

It looks like the air might be thin up there. What a gorgeous view.

Surprisingly not actually - the place in the Alps where we normally ski is much higher up than Whistler/Blackcomb, so we've barely noticed any altitude effect. It is lovely here, and there are so many pistes (trails?!) to choose from that we can easily ski a different set each day.

 

[numeniusa]

Been some crazy weather over the past few weeks, with more snow predicted for this weekend. Today was glorious though.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Avisionaire/ballardsunset_zpsaflo98xk.jpg

Sunset in Seattle, as seen through pines and my loft window.

That's beautiful, Mr S...

If you wave, I might just see you from up here...

 

[yukonnights]

Been some crazy weather over the past few weeks, with more snow predicted for this weekend. Today was glorious though.

Sunset in Seattle, as seen through pines and my loft window.

What a nice view ! I love visiting Seattle...but being a country boy from way back, I love coming home too...I think it's the traffic that runs me out

 

[Mister_Song]

That's beautiful, Mr S...

If you wave, I might just see you from up here...

*waves, facing north*

It might be tough to see me now that it's dark but if you see a bright light in the direction of Seattle, that's probably my smile.

 

[Mister_Song]

What a nice view ! I love visiting Seattle...but being a country boy from way back, I love coming home too...I think it's the traffic that runs me out

Thank you! The traffic is terrible here. I try to bike whenever I can but the weather doesn't always cooperate.