We drove up towards the Marmot Basin ski centre in Jasper today, no-one else on the road except for one bear crossing. He was so fast by the time we'd retrieved the camera and turned it on, all that remained was a furry bottom retreating into the woods. We weren't disappointed, we've accepted our camera issues and were pleased to see a bear so close at hand. We drove on and 50 metres later another bear appeared walking alongside the crash barrier; we were no more than 10 metres apart. He ignored us and we held our breath while I tried to snap away and not be eaten.
In the afternoon a large volume of cars stopped by the roadside signalling elk and calves, something we'd yet to see. There are more human injuries due to elks than bears and there are warnings around the trails to keep away from them if they have calves. Safety in numbers...there were 50 of us standing on Highway 16 watching them.
Feeling pretty chuffed with our day of animal sightseeing we treated ourselves to a picnic burger dinner (Team Rejchrt knows how to live) out near Maligne Canyon. We were going to use the local toilets but an elk beat us to it.
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Canada's highways, with their impromptu tourist stops for animal sightings, make Kruger look rather quiet.
Stato would also like to point out how popular the Rockies are at this time of year. On our travels we saw cars with regos from 30 out of the 50 US states and 11 of the 13 Canadian provinces (only Newfoundland & Labrador and Nunavut were missing). We never said we were in ground breaking territory on this trip.
Did you jot all this info down in a handy notebook? Was this on a lanyard round your neck? Bet you got really excited when you saw a new one.
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