Photo-Finish Friday --Dammed

Abraham Lake from Windy Point This is one of my favourite spots along The David Thompson Highway (Highway 11). The lake is man made. The North Saskatchewan River was dammed in the early 1970s.

Photo-Finish Friday-- A Trip to the Rockies

Along the David Thompson Highway (Hwy 11) west of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.

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Photo-Finish Friday -- Fall Along The Highway

Autumn along the David Thompson Highway west of Rocky Mountain House.
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Photo-Finish Friday --Leaving the Park

This is what you see when you leave Banff National Park heading east on Highway 11 a.k.a. The David Thompson Highway.
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Photo-Finish Friday -- Sheep and Spring Edition

Spring in the Canadian Rockies.
Note: this was spring 2012, but they're all about the same.
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Photo-Finish Friday -- To The Rockies

Looking west along the David Thompson Highway (Hwy. 11). I took the photo about this time last year.

Safe For Now

Along the David Thompson Highway.

Alberta is safe for now.
Premier Alison Redford was returned to power with enough of a majority to do most of what she wants to do.
Danielle Smith was elected and can now lead the Wildroses from the legislature. We can see her in action holding the PC's feet to the fire for not being conservative enough.
The Wildroses have enough seats to worry the Redford government in the way that a dog worries cattle.
This is healthy and good.
Redford accepts climate change is real and that human's take their fair share of blame for it. Smith said the science on this was unclear.
This leads me to my post title. Though hardly in the clear, Alberta's natural beauty and (mostly) fresh air and (many) clean (appearing) streams are (moderately) safe for now.

In The Summertime

I'm getting a wee bit lonesome for green.
Winter is a fine time of year and I am so very glad to live in a climate where there's a clear distinction between the seasons. But I could do with seeing fresh new life poking its way out of the warming ground.
It's going to be awhile yet before we see any plant younglings so I decided to put up a summer photo to remind me that life will return.

And here's a bonus because I like to look at mountains.

Both photos are taken along the David Thompson Highway (Hwy. 11) in or near Banff National Park.

What We've Got

Some days it's important to sit back, relax, and look down the road at what we've got.