Timber!

Yesterday I took four couples up to the Columbia Icefield. We started out in about 8 inches of fresh snow but the weather got better as the day went on. On the way back I noticed water collecting in a spot on the side of the road where there usually wouldn't be and discovered a brand new beaver dam and lodge. I wasn't able to get a picture of it this time but we were able to stop a get a picture of the area where the beaver was collecting the tree branches from. This is one of the newly felled trees.

We also saw a black bear and I got a slightly better shot of it than I got last time. It was in about the same area as my last bear picture so it may have even been the same one but we didn't ask him so who knows for sure.

Today is a much nicer day and I decided to take a picture of the unfrozen version of the Bow river near my place.

This is one more of the mountains surrounding the town of Banff and it was looking pretty good today so here is Cascade mountain as well.

I'm going up to St. Albert tomorrow to take 70 Japanese highschool girls and their teachers to Jasper, down to Banff and then out to Calgary (airport) over the next few days. They have been doing the homestay thing there (St. Albert) for the last week. It should be an interesting trip.