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Tuesday September 2, 2025
Since my trip to the USA got scotched, I did the next best thing, getting within 5 miles of the border today.
I picked up my friend Betty and we headed towards Waterton National Park, not sure what we would see with all the smoke in the air....
Since we were passing by Pincher Creek, I decided to call my cousin Joe Gilmore, who I knew lived in the area, and he kindly invited us to stop by. While we were at his lovely acreage, his plans for working that day fell through, so he was happy to play tour guide and chauffer for us to Waterton!! What a bonus that was for us!! Thank you Joe!!
The smoke was intermittently quite bad and obscured a lot of beauty but, as you will see below, we did manage to still see a lot this day.... We visited the huge wooden Prince Of Wales Hotel with its magnificent views and were shocked when people were pointing at a small black bear swimming across the lake!!! Then it passed by us on land again twice more!!
Near the Cameron Falls, a sick deer, frothing at the mouth, passed us as we were heading for some delicious ice cream.
We cruised many different areas with our handy guide Joe and came across another small black bear when exiting the Red Rock Canyon....
So we had an exciting day and managed to get back to Diamond Valley before dark. The moon pics were taken with the P1100.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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| Sheep at my sister's |
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| Pine cones |
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| Swainson Hawks are everywhere! |
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| At Longview |
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| Great metal sculptures entering Pincher Creek |
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| Cousin Joe looks amazing |
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| Cousins |
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| Heavy smoke in the Rockies |
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| At the Prince Of Wales Hotel |
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| Prince of Wales Hotel |
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| Smoky view |
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| Bear swimming, something in his mouth? |
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| Gorgeous!! |
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| Here he is again.. |
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| Cameron Falls |
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| Poor sick deer |
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| Loved this art next to the ice cream shop |
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| Another lake |
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| A panorama of beauty |
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| Joe and Betty |
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| Second bear |
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| Waterton townsite |
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| Red Rock Canyon |
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| Clear glacial water |
