Day 11: Kananaskis

July 16:    Delicious waffle and sausages breakfast and off with Bob for a long drive through Kananaskis country.  Through big tall mountainous hills:  Bob said, “Those aren’t mountains.  The mountains are up ahead.”  And indeed they were, craggy peaks, snow and all.  How to describe the feeling of being surrounded by mountains?  Like enormous ancient, wise generations of ancestors protecting and gently guiding you.  We even got to see a grazing bull moose and some mountain sheep in their moulting stage.  Bob was able to provide us with all kinds of information about the local ranches, wildlife and flora, not to mention perspectives on hunting.  It was a wonderful drive.  Such a beautiful area.

It’s sad and disconcerting to be able to see and smell smoke from the wildfires in B.C. even here.