Aug 25-Sept 17, 2017 Circle route Jasper Park, Fort Nelson, Liard, Boya Lake, Stewart, BC, Cassiar and Alaska Highway

This year Dian and I celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary.  To relive some of the memories we retraced the trails where we met and married.  The following pictures were taken during the 3 week long trip.

This map shows the major routes we travelled on this trip.  We had a side trip to Edmonton and another to Jasper Nat. Park.

We started out in Alberta where we caught up with son Fred, Granddaughter Ashley, granddaughter Makayla and great grandson Zachary.  This corner gas shot was deliberately staged to capture the funkiness of Pickardville.

We saw a moose along the Maligne Lake road in Jasper last June and it was in velvet.  It was featured in the 2nd previous blog. We believe this may be the same moose a few months later.

Maligne also offered up this young Pika.

Muncho Lake on the Alaska Highway was an area we visited many times during our courtship in 1967, as we lived in Fort Nelson.

Our rig on the shore of Muncho.

Mountain Caribou on the Alaska Highway.

We hiked a few miles back into the mountains at Muncho.  Our hope was to see Stone Sheep.  No luck.

Dian searching.

When we returned to the road we found sheep.  This has happened so many times before, when we have searched for birds.  We often find them in the parking lot where we started.

Our honeymoon was spent at Liard Hotsprings 50 years ago.  We had to climb down a rough post ladder to get into the rustic pool at that time.  The bottom was mud up to the ankles back then.  Now the bottom is covered with pebbles and the stairs and deck are PVC.

A Lapland Longspur from the Liard parking lot.

Wood Bison were introduced to this area after we left in 1968 and now they are plentiful.  This majestic old bull was moving very slowly.  He seemed to be arthritic.  We doubt he will make it through the winter.

We rounded the bend at Watson Lake and headed south on the Cassiar Highway.  A few Ruffed Grouse were close to Boya Lake provincial Park.

Spruce Grouse were also in the area.

Boya Lake is one of the prettiest campgrounds in BC.  Although the lake looks small, the many inlets supply 24 Kilometres of shoreline.

Our site at Boya.

Spot our trailer on the far shore.

Boya Lake.

A few years ago I photographed a friendly Red Fox close to Jade City.  This year we encountered another fox.  This one was blind in one eye.

We knew it was late in the season for seeing bears at Stewart but we dropped in anyway.  This Black Bear was our only sighting there.  Grizzlies had been seen but just briefly.

Finally, some scenes of Salmon Glacier in the Stewart area.

And that's what we did for our 50th anniversary.

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