In my possession are pictures of heaven. Unretouched, unairbrushed, unmanipulated pictures of what you dream of heaven being like. The placid appearance of this lake along Chief Mountain Highway is an illusion, for there was a group of six ducklings playing there, along with numerous geese and terns, who were squawking, diving, and scrounging for fish. I found this spot outside the park, of all things, after I'd grumpily fled my hot, annoying, boring, crazily-overpriced motel room at 5 AM and went out to take pictures. I was mad and irritable and fussy with most of them as I took them, but in looking them over on this Calgary computer, I think they are a lot better than I thought they would be as I was crawling through fields of wildflower weeds at 6 AM to try and get good angles.
The drive up to Calgary was great. Breakfast was buttermilk out of a carton and a homemade bear claw I bought on the Blackfoot Reservation from a friendly guy this morning. On the drive north, I found a red mustang GT owner who wanted to play on Highway 2. We tore it up through both light and heavy traffic, and sad to say, he won, but it is always fun discovering a fellow dumbass who wants to race on the open highway. This trip, there have been 3 such folks, and until now the gamest guy was driving a Ford Focus on Hells Canyon Highway. A. was routing for him because he drives a Focus, but I merely toyed with that one. Today, though, was real competition. I think I was possibly just a bit timid being in Canada, as weird as that sounds. I also photographed some massive white wind turbines against a brilliant blue sky I saw on a detour when I headed north rather than east from Pincher Creek. I am so glad I made that wrong turn due to my GPS not recognizing the farm road. The photos I got of them are very cool.
I can't wait to head to Banff tomorrow. I have checked with the desk to see if there is a small tour I can do of Calgary before heading out. Seems like I should do that, since I'm here. The downtown area I've driven through, and it looks like a typical, smallish city--nothing too exciting or interesting.
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