Off we go: flying to Portland to begin 3 months of partnership development in the lower 48!

Scrounging for late-season blackberries

Can you spot it?

Guesses on which language?

Perfect bridge for a sword fight! (The Father’s Ranch, Tonasket, WA)

US Customs, Ferry, WA

Canada Customs, Midway, BC

In this one location, there was quite a variety of rock types

Thompson Falls, near Golden, BC

Some of the flood-mashed layers showing in the mountains

In Yoho National Park, BC

Emerald Lake, Yoho

Natural Bridge, Yoho

Takakkaw Falls, Yoho, BC

This is as close as we came to seeing Lake Louise, Banff Nat’l Park, Alberta. Low visibility from snow, and we had seen it before. This was the beginning of the blizzard that moved through Alberta and Glacier (MT).

Banff

The morning we left Lethbridge, AB, for points southward

Meeting oncoming traffic in unplowed, one-lane tracks

Solution: clear a turnout

Onward!