Back on the 18th of June, Joan and I headed out on a road trip. We hie-tailed it out to Orcas Island (on of the San Juan Islands) in Puget Sound on Interstate 90. After several days on Orcas we headed back east meandering through the Cascade Mountains before heading north into Canada. We spent several days camped in Mount Robson Provincial Park (British Columbia) on the western side of the continental divide exploring that area as well as parts of Jasper National Park on the eastern side of the divide.
We then moved to a campsite in Banff National Park from which we explored the southern parts of Jasper as well as some of Banff (i.e. the relatively uncrowded parts; no photos of Lake Louise).
For the next leg of our trip we headed east from Saskatchewan River Crossing meandering our way across eastern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. We had some ‘interesting’ experiences dodging tornadoes and dealing with detours due to washed out roads in the later two provinces.
By the time we got to western Ontario the heat (it was 109 degrees F, just northeast of Thunder Bay) and wildfire smoke were so bad neither of us had any interest in hiking or photographing. Thus, we decided to head home posthaste.
We arrived home on the evening of 16 July. I have spent much time since then sorting through and processing the roughly 2,500 exposures I made while we were gone.
In this post (the first of probably five or six), I present six panoramic mountain-scapes from the Canadian Rockies. All of these photos began as three or four individual frames that were ‘stitched’ together in the computer. The files shown here are 2,000 pixels on the long side and are best viewed by clicking on the individual images to see them enlarged.
If I wanted, I could easily print these files at 18-24 inches tall and four or more feet long. However, I’m not sure what I would do with, or even store, such large prints. Even so, yesterday, I spent some time at the Vermont Center for Photography printing these photos on 17″ wide paper and limited myself to 40″ long sheets of paper. The last photo in this post shows the prints on the ‘magnet wall’ at the VCP. I’ll show these prints to some of my ‘photo friends’ in the upcoming weeks. After that, I’ll need to deal with where and how to store them!!
40″ long! These must be best viewed in person.
Did you get to Yoho? Takakkaw Falls there is the second-tallest waterfall in Canada, standing at a total height of 373 meters (1,224 feet). The road to the park is now paved, but still has at least one hairpin turn, so an RV or long truck might have a problem. My fav place was Moraine Lake where I climbed up on the moraine and saw pikas for the first (and last) time. So adorable, but their habitat is diminishing as the climate warms. Some populations in Colorado have already vanished. Also spent a pleasant afternoon paddling on Emerald Lake. I agree about skipping Lake Louise. It just looks like all the postcards.
These are amazing!! You certainly took advantage of your camera and photo skills in creating the panos. Yeah, what could you do with prints THAT large???