Upward and Onward

By the weekend I had sufficiently recovered from my bout with shingles to attempt a real hike…

We started in Johnston Canyon (in Banff) with the lower and upper falls…IMG_20160514_142759917_HDR

And then traipsed onward and upward along a lovely forest trail…

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to the Inkpots—an area of natural thermal pools, reminiscent in a very small way of Yellowstone’s wonders.

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We munched our lunch and caught some shut-eye on the rocky shores of a beautiful creek before heading home. Our feet were ready to get out of boots seven and a half miles later!

Got a photo shoot of some bighorn sheep nibbling at the roadside along the way home… Is it winter’s leftover salt they’re after?

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It’s great to be feeling better, and to get to hike on such a lovely day!

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The mountains will bring peace to the people,
And the little hills, by righteousness.
Ps. 72:3 NKJV

–LS

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(Banff in bloom)

 

 

 

 

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