Travelogue photos: from Boston to Calgary, Jul 26- Aug 2 Photo Gallery by clamflats at pbase.com

Travelogue photos: from Boston to Calgary, Jul 26- Aug 2

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Day 1: Rouses Point, NY on Lake Champlain	Building of many uses, Rouses Point	I just like the name "Mooers."	Day 2: Downtown Mooers	Mooers architecture	Bridge to Canada at Cornwall, ON
A milestone in Ingleside, ON	Why did the turtle start across the road?	I don't know my turtle species.	Maybe someone can tell me what variety of turtle this is.	Townhouse construction outside Toronto	Tobermory on Lake Huron
The Little Tub in Tobermory	Tobermory has a bookstore!	Early morning Day 3, Leaving Tobermory hotel for the ferry	waiting for the ferry Chee-Chimaun	Parked aboard	Aboard the Chee-Chimaun
Tobermory docks	Mayfly hitching a ferry ride	Ferry leaving the dock	Tub lighthouse from the ferry	Blue-green Huron water	Sphinx moth hitching a ferry ride
Sphinx moth hitching a ferry ride	Modest Sphinx hitching a ferry ride	Modest Sphinx hitching a ferry ride	view from the Chee-Chimaun	Cove Island Lighthouse from the ferry	Cove Island Lighthouse again
National park land from the ferry	Harbor entrance at South Baymouth, Manitoulin Island	Common Loon in flight (from the ferry)	ready to disembark	Harbor at South Baymouth, Manitoulin Island	Manitoulin - Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve
The Chee-Chimaun heading back to Tobermory	limestone beach on Manitoulin	monarch caterpillar on milkweed	flower on the limestone beach	Painted boulder on Manitoulin	Painted boulder on Manitoulin
old grain port on Manitoulin	Sandhill Crane dancing	Sandhill Crane dancing	Sandhill Crane dancing	Sandhill Crane dancing	viewpoint on Manitoulin
viewpoint on Manitoulin	Bridge from Manitoulin to the mainland	White-Tailed Doe and Fawn	White-Tailed Fawn	Cattle and their companion	Cattle and their companion
approaching the Trans-Canada again	1000 miles from home	Commercial bison herd outside Sault Ste Marie	Commercial bison herd	Day 3 - Sault Ste Marie	Heading north along Lake Superior coast
Pancake Bay on Lake Superior	Pancake Bay sign honors the Voyageurs	Who apparently got in a lot of fistfights based on the blue guy's nose	More Lake Superior fog	More Lake Superior fog	Swainson's Thrush juvenile
Ruffed Grouse	Ruffed Grouse	Common Loons in Lake Superior fog	The Wawa Goose	The Wawa Goose	Mining along Superior's north coast
Typical driving view	Lake Superior beach with glacially smoothed outcrops	Beach at Neys PP	Beach at Neys PP	Neys Provincial Park from the air, March 2014	Inland lakes along north shore of Superior
Finally reaching the coast, east of Rossport, ON	Road construction was a fact of life along this section	Lake Superior islands	Cliffs east of Nipigon	Cliffs near Nipigon	Kama Hills near Nipigon from the air
Vert Island near Nipigon from the air, march 2014	Cliffs near Nipigon	Doubling back east along the Lake Superior coast	Day 4: starting from motel at Gravel River	Antique appliances at the Gravel River motel	Distances from Gravel River
Landtrek long-distance travelers in Nipigon	downtown Nipigon from the air	Last views of Lake Superior on the way to Thunder Bay	Lake Superior's northern islands	Ouimet Canyon	Ouimet Canyon through the fisheye lens
Ouimet Canyon through the fisheye lens	Ouimet Canyon through the fisheye lens	Looking out the mouth of Ouimet Canyon	Peregrine Falcon nest on the canyon wall	Looking down at the canyon bottom	Canyon bottom through the bird lens
Spruce top at Ouimet canyon	Spruce top close-up	Ouimet Canyon treetops	Ouimet Canyon summit road	Approaching lake country	Lake Wabigoon!
End of Day 4: Super 8 Honeymoon Suite in Kenora, ON	Day 5: leaving the Super 8	Kenora is in lake country.	Common Loon with young (Loonlets? Loonlings?) outside Kenora	Common Loon with young	Common Loon
Common Loon	Leaving the woods for the Great Plains at last	Plains view	Classic Manitoba view	The bluish flowers are flax	Lake Winnipeg is Huuuuuge
Mississippi Kite nest in Winnipeg	Mississippi kite nest site	Winnipeg Mississippi Kite in flight	Winnipeg Mississippi Kite feeding	Winnipeg Mississippi Kite feeding	Black Meadowhawk dragonfly
Local bar in Winnipeg	Winnipeg architecture from long ago	Lake Manitoba in winter, from the air	Lake Manitoba	White Pelicans in Lake Manitoba	Bank Swallows massing near Lake Manitoba
Savannah Sparrow	Clay-Colored Sparrow (I think)	Clay-Colored Sparrow	Wikson's Snipe	White Pelican	White Pelican
mystery sparrow 1	mystery sparrow 2	old stone house outside Portage la Prairie	make way for these	Portage la Prairie city hall	grain fields along the Trans-Canada
Outdated storage facility	Canola field	Mule deer with radio collar, Riding Mountain park	Bog at twilight, Riding Mountain	Riding Mountain from the air	Day 6: cabin at Riding Mountain
My cabin at Riding Mountain	village center, Riding Mountain	Bison enclosure, Riding Mountain	Wood bison female	Wood bison female	Wood bison female and calf
Wood bison female with determined nursing calf	Wood bison female	Wood bison female	Wood bison calf	Wood bison calf	Wood bison calf
Wood bison calf	Wood bison calf	Wood bison male appears from the woods	Wood bison warning sign	Wood bison male	Wood bison male
wood bison habitat	The bison aren't endangered, but the habitat is.	Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker juvenile	Clay-Colored Sparrow	Clay-Colored Sparrow	Eastern Phoebe on nest
Barn Swallow building nest out of mud	what is this, Middle-Earth?	heading southwest from Riding Mountain NP	farm barn south of Riding Mountain NP	hilly country south of Riding Mountain	hilly country south of Riding Mountain
Leopard frog in a grassy puddle	Canola field	hilly country south of Riding Mountain	hilly country south of Riding Mountain	Canola field	Canola field
Canola field	a non-yellow flower for a change	Canola field	Ukranian settlement at Horod, Manitoba	Church at Horod, MB	old barn west of Horod
plowed canola field	Red-Necked Grebe adult	Red-Necked Grebe juvenile	Red-Necked Grebe adult and juvenile	Black Tern in flight	Black Tern in flight
Northern Shoveler females with Lesser Scaup ducklings	Lesser Scaup female and ducklings	Lesser Scaup female and ducklings	Black Tern juvenile in flight	productive meadow pond	Black Tern in flight
Black-Billed Magpie in flight	Coyote in a distant field	Birtle Beach from the air	Birtle	Birtle Beach	Weather getting iffy
The Assiniboine River Valley at St-Lazare	The Assiniboine River Valley at St-Lazare	Strange river crossing at St-Lazare	St Lazare downtown	St Lazare downtown	Saint Lazare (left) and Birtle (right) from the air
Downtown Binscarth	Assiniboine Valley west of Binscarth	Assiniboine Valley bottom, west of Binscarth	Assiniboine River	Assiniboine River	Mosaic potash mine near Esterhazy
Mosaic potash mine near Esterhazy, SK	Mosaic potash mine near Esterhazy	Mosaic potash mine near Esterhazy	Qu'Appelle River Valley	Qu'Appelle River Valley	Qu'Appelle River Valley
Qu'Appelle River Valley	Qu'Appelle River Valley	Qu'Appelle River Valley	Qu'Appelle River Valley	Qu'Appelle River Valley	Crooked Lake in the Qu'Appelle River Valley from the air, March 2014
Qu'Appelle River Valley west of Crooked Lake	Qu'Appelle River Valley west of Crooked Lake	Black Meadowhawk dragonfly	Qu'Appelle River Valley west of Crooked Lake	Qu'Appelle River Valley west of Crooked Lake	Climbing out of the Qu'Appelle River Valley
Iconic Saskatchewan	Huge thunderstorm over Regina	Huge thunderstorm over Regina	Heading around Regina on the Trans-Canada	Huge thunderstorm over Regina	Western edge of the thunderstorm near Moose Jaw
Moose Jaw!	Moose Jaw from the air, March 2014	Day 7: leaving Moose Jaw	Civic improvements in Moose Jaw	downtown Moose Jaw	Upland Sandpiper south of Moose Jaw
Upland Sandpiper	Upland Sandpiper	Swainson's Hawk west of Moose Jaw	Llama!	Pockmarked pond country southwest of Moose Jaw	the ponds look like this at ground level
country of small hills (mostly pasture) and countless little ponds	Ruddy Duck family - female and ducklings	Black Tern juvenile	Black Tern juvenile	Eared Grebes, Ruddy Duck family and a mystery duck	Eared Grebe, southwest of Moose Jaw
Eared Grebe	Eared Grebe	Eared Grebe	A Cattle Family	Abandoned schoolhouse southwest of Moose Jaw	Abandoned schoolhouse southwest of Moose Jaw
Pied-Billed Grebe family: adult and young juveniles	Mystery duck and ducklings	Not sure what the name for these storage buildings is.	pothole country southwest of Moose Jaw	Flax field southwest of Moose Jaw	Eastern Kingbird
Old farm equipment	Howdy horses	Howdy horses	More flax	Solitary Sandpiper	Wilson's Phalarope in flight
Wilson's Phalarope in flight	Wilson's Phalaropes in flight	Wilson's Phalaropes in flight	Wilson's Phalaropes	Wilson's Phalarope in flight	Wilson's Phalarope in flight
Wilson's Phalarope in flight	Wilson's Phalarope in flight	Mystery duck and ducklings (Lesser Scaup and Gadwalls?)	Western Meadowlark fledgling, Chaplin Lake	Western Meadowlark fledgling	Wilson's Phalarope
Chaplin Lake broad view	American Avocet	Wilson's Phalaropes, various plumage, Chaplin Lake	American Avocet	Wilson's Phalarope juvenile	Wilson's Phalarope juvenile
American Avocet	American Avocet	American Avocet	Prairie railroad train	Ferruginous Hawk juvenile	Ferruginous Hawk juvenile
Approaching Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park	Descending to Lake Diefenbaker	crossing Lake Diefenbaker	looking west towards the South Saskatchewan River Valley from northeast of the landing	Sharp-Tailed Grouse juvenile	Sharp-Tailed Grouse juvenile
Brewer's Blackbird	Swainson's Hawk overhead	Abandoned farm building near Eston, SK	Eatonia, SK	Eatonia, SK	Eatonia, SK downtown
Eatonia, SK	stopping for first sagebrush of the trip	Wild sage!	roadside flowers	Some kind of well	Swainson's Hawk, across the border into Alberta
Swainson's Hawk on his haybale perch	Back to seriously flat country	Western Meadowlark adult	Western Meadowlark	Western Meadowlark	More abandoned farmhouses
Loggerhead Shrike	Swainson's Hawk	Swainson's Hawk	Highland cattle??	Abandoned house near the Red Deer River	Entering the Red Deer River valley southwest of Drumheller, AB
Red Deer River valley badlands	Red Deer River valley grain elevator	Red Deer River valley grain elevator	Red Deer River valley badlands	Red Deer River valley badlands and old bridge	Red Deer River valley badlands
Red Deer River valley	Red Deer River valley badlands	Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site	East Coulee, AB	End of the road at Calgary, August 2 (Day 8)	3,138.3 miles from home.

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joseantonio		15-Oct-2014 12:11
An excellent trip report.V.

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