CANADIAN ADVENTURE 2007

Black bear on the return trip from Bella Coola	Outside of Golden
On the road to Bella Coola	Black bear on the road to Bella Coola
On the road to Bella Coola
Canmore, British Columbia View from our cabin.	Bella Coola, British Columbia
Abandoned Cabin Bella Coola, British Columbia	Grizzly on the Atnarko River, Bella Coola, British Columbia
Lake Morraine Banff, British Columbia	"The Hill" ~ Rt. 20 to Bella Coola 18% grade in some areas.
Thorson Petroglyphs Bella Coola, British Columbia	Bella Coola, British Columbia
Bella Coola, British Columbia	Bella Coola, British Columbia
Grizzly on the Atnarko River, Bella Coola, British Columbia
On the way to Bella Coola, British Columbia	Bella Coola, British Columbia ~ Big Cedars Trail Bruce is on the left of the tree.
Kooteney, British Columbia	Grizzly on the Atnarko River, Bella Coola, British Columbia
Lake Morraine Banff, British Columbia	Bella Coola, British Columbia

	"The Hill" ~ gravel road to Bella Coola Our rental car.
Waterton Park, Alberta	Canmore, British Columbia View from our cabin.
Lake Louis, Alberta	The Kooteney River British Columbia


Atnarko River Bella Coola, British Columbia	Lake Morraine, Alberta
	Hagensborg, Bella Coola Valley View from our kitchen window.

Bella Coola
Lake Morraine, Alberta	Columbia Ice Field
Thorson Petroglyphs Bella Coola, British Columbia	Bella Coola, British Columbia
	Canmore, Alberta
Lake Morraine, Alberta	Atnarko River Bella Coola, British Columbia


Bridges ~ crossings for wildlife. Banff area, Alberta
Door to our room in Hagensborg, Bella Coola	Bella Coola
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Big Cedars Trail. Bruce is on the left of the tree.	Native American Cemetery, Road to Bella Coola
Bella Coola

Bella Coola	Bella Coola
Grizzly on the Atnarko River, Bella Coola, British Columbia
Atnarko River, Bella Coola, British Columbia	Bella Coola
	Raven ~ Columbia Ice Field
Native American Cemetery, Road to Bella Coola	Atnarko River, Bella Coola, British Columbia

Thorson Petroglyphs Bella Coola, British Columbia	Bella Coola River
Side view of our three bedroom cabin in Canmor, Alberta.	Front view of our three bedroom cabin in Canmor, Alberta.
	Bella Coola
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Big Cedars Trail. Bruce is on the left of the tree.	Columbia Ice Field


Bella Coola	Native American Cemetery, Road to Bella Coola

Columbia Ice Field	Bella Coola

	Bruce walking to the Columbian Ice Field. Parking lot is in the far distance. Beyond that, and to the right is the visitor's center. One hundred years ago the ice field extended to the visitor's center. Now it is receding at a rate of 3 feet per year.
"Bears Frequent this area. Please use caution." Bella Coola, British Columbia, Big Cedars Trail. I found a mass of hair from a black bear when we were hiking here.
	Door to our room in Hagensborg, Bella Coola
Bella Coola River	Bella Coola River
Route 20 ~ Road to Bella Coola	Columbia Ice Field
Native American Cemetery, Road to Bella Coola	Thorson Petroglyphs Bella Coola, British Columbia
Trees damaged and destroyed by the bark beetle.	For the past twenty years, with the milder winters, the temperatures have not dropped to the previous -35 degrees, thus allowing the bark beetle to spread to epidemic proportions through out the Canadian Rockies and the northern most areas of the United States. It was previously believed that the beetles preferred only the older trees, but Bruce and I saw disturbing evidence that they were eating the new growth trees, as well.
Bark beetle damage.	Bark beetle damage.
Bark beetle damage.	Outside of our room in Hagensborg, Bella Coola Valley.
Thorson Petroglyphs Bella Coola, British Columbia	Native American Cemetery, Road to Bella Coola
Canmore, British Columbia View from our cabin.
Bruce at the Columbian Ice Field.	On the road to Bella Coola
Second year of Bark Beetle Damage. Third year is the gray stage.	Herd of Big Horn Sheep
Bella Coola We saw seals swimming and fishing in the river.	old Railroad car.
Grizzly Bear standing in the Atnarko River, Bella Coola, British Columbia	The Atnarko River, Bella Coola, British Columbia
Bruce with woman Engineer. She also has horses and competes as a barrel racer.