Sherann and Bruce's Mountain Road Trip from California to the Canadian Rockies

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Sherann and Bruce's Mountain Road Trip from California to the Canadian Rockies. July 1 - 21, 2003. Mount Shasta in the rear-view mirror on our way north out of CA. Horse Head Mountain in Washington State Cascades. West Coast of Vancouver Island. Flutterby in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, BC. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Sherann and Bruce's MountainRoad Trip from California to

the Canadian Rockies

July 1 - 21, 2003

Mount Shasta in the rear-view mirror on our way north out of CA

Horse Head Mountain in Washington State Cascades

West Coast of Vancouver Island

Flutterby in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, BC

Like passing ships in the night, except that it was day -- on the

way to the BC mainland.

Looking south at Mount Baker, WA - from just west of Vancouver on our

way to Kelowna in the interior of British Columbia

Lake Okanogan - looking back toward Kelowna

Mount Revelstoke, BC

Snow plow train in the town of Revelstoke, BC

Sawtooth Mountain range in BC

Avalanche zone in Sawtooth range

Blue skies welcome us to Alberta

A lot of snow for July

Glacier fields above Lake Louise in the Alberta Rockies

On our way into Banff, Alberta

My favorite Mountain

The last mountain on the east slopes of the Rockies

An old church just west of Calgary

Brown eyed Susans growing wild

Alberta prairie flowers on a clear day

Fence posts wear baseball caps to protect them from the sun

Start of the Alberta harvest

Looking south towards Waterton National Park near the US border

Waterton Lake

Big Chief Mt. welcomes us back to the US

Glacier National Park - Montana

Subtle colors in the Idaho hills

Painted Mountain, Idaho

Edge of the lava flow at Craters of the Moon National Monument

Stuff that grows on lava

Last tree standing at lava's edge

Grand canyon at Twin Falls Idaho

Used car shopping at Bodie

Sierra mountains from the Nevada side

Stuff that grows on hot dry rock

Tree-line on granite in Yosemite National Park California

A ray of hope above Half Dome Mt., welcomes us home to California

Storm clouds lifting on the other side of Half Dome