our first bear!

Marlies WobbenCanada12 Comments

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Tuesday, October 10th

Last night we ended up at Tony Roma’s for dinner. It was already 9.30, but we were welcome and the thanksgiving menu would even still be available (soup or salad, turkey dinner, pumpkin pie). The waiter brought us the starters, when he came back to tell us they just ran out of turkey, but that if we wanted to order something else, he’d give us the starters and the drinks (I had a delicious Big Rock Honey Brown mmmmm) for free for the inconvenience! And he’d even still throw in the pumpkin pie dessert ๐Ÿ™‚ Nico had chicken and I had ribs (they are famous for their ribs) and although I ordered a regular slab, the cook gave me a full slab, again for the inconvenience LOL! Because the meat almost melted on your tongue like butter, I even managed to eat it all ๐Ÿ˜‰ Then we got the pumpkin pie with a bit of ice cream, which it usually didn’t come with, but the waiter thought he’d give us that anyway. So we had a super delicious and super big meal for the price of the two main courses, not even 40 bucks hahaha! We of course thanked him for the special treatment and gave him a good tip ๐Ÿ˜‰
Back at the B&B we were so tired, that we went to sleep very soon after.

This morning we had another lovely breakfast, with eggs, bacon and some fried potatoes this time, and a deer just walked by the window. Sweet! That apparently happens often in this street. Today we planned on making a longer drive, to Lake Louise, Golden, Radium and back to Banff. But we didn’t exactly make it that far. We were both very tired today, and we just took things slow. We took the 1A, the Bow Valley Parkway, to Lake Louise, where wildlife is often spotted. We kept staring in the woods for some unusual movements, but no luck. On the Parkway we stopped at Johnston Canyon and went in for a little bit for some pics and filming. We visited Lake Louise and sat there for a while. We didn’t want to do a whole lot more, so we skipped Moraine Lake and went on to Yoho Park for Emerald Lake. Last time it was raining and we couldn’t see any mountains on the way up nor at the lake. And now it was all clear, so we were excited to see that beautiful lake again in its full glory! We took the 1 west to Field and before we entered Yoho, we saw something near the railroad about 200m from the road: a black bear! It was pretty far away, but I filmed him and could zoom in a lot. Our first bear!! Then we saw a car coming up on the rails: park rangers scaring the bear off, because many get killed on the railroad.

We continued the drive and didn’t recognize the way up, it was so beautiful now and the lake itself too! We passed the bridge and sat at the waterside for a while, it was so peaceful. When the Japanese would finally shut up or go away anyway (those busloads of Japanese are usually pretty loud). We drove back the same way, and saw that bear again! He probably returned shortly after and continued to look for food there… let’s hope he’s still alive. We drove to Banff over the Bow River Parkway again, and again we didn’t see any wildlife there.

Back at the B&B I slept for two hours (I still don’t feel well, hopefully I’m just tired) and we didn’t go out anymore, just grabbed some things (cereal, fruit) at the B&B. Tomorrow we’ll spend some more time in town and at 4-5pm we’re expected at Anneke and Gerard’s in Canmore ๐Ÿ™‚

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12 Comments on “our first bear!”

  1. Weer lijkt de foto’s te zien geweldig. Feli een beer!!!!! Kan alleen maar een goed teken zijn!!!!!!
    Anjoy your trip Margret

  2. Wauw, prachtige foto’s. Geniet er in elk geval met driedubbele teugen van. Ik volg jullie!
    Goed nieuws uit Belgenland: we hebben een kitten uit het asiel geadopteerd.
    Blijf vooral uit de buurt van die beren ๐Ÿ˜‰

  3. Wauw, prachtige foto’s. Geniet er in elk geval met driedubbele teugen van. Ik volg jullie!
    Goed nieuws uit Belgenland: we hebben een kitten uit het asiel geadopteerd.
    Blijf vooral uit de buurt van die beren ๐Ÿ˜‰

  4. Bofferts, een wijze keuze om rustig aan te doen. Lekker je eigen tempo houden, je ziet het wordt beloond. Een beer, is de hartslag al weer een beetje gedaald?

  5. Sounds like you guys are having a heck of a time! Keep on enjoying your trip. The photos you’ve added are so beautiful and yes Emerald Lake is just such a stunning place! And yippiii…your first bear , hopefully you’ll see some more wildlife!

    I guess you guys are still suffering from the jetlag…give it a couple more days and you’ll be fine!

    Take care…groetjes uit Vancouver,
    Ann

  6. Good to see you are enjoying the trip; hope you feel better soon but stop making our mouths water as you describe your meals LOL !!!!
    CU ! M and E

  7. Wat jullie vertellen van die beer, komt ons heel bekend voor.
    Op het traject waar jullie hem/haar dus zagen hebben wij ook een zwarte beer op die rails zien lopen. Zal wel toevallig zijn dat het dezelfde is, maar de locatie is vrijwel identiek.
    Er zal op dat stuk wel heel veel graan liggen.
    Super dat jullie je beer zagen. Blijft altijd gaaf om naar te kijken.

    De 1A blijft een mooie weg om te rijden. Wij hebben het in onze vakantie een aantal keren gereden. Super.
    En de Johnston Canyon is zo mooi om te zien.
    Wij hadden toen gelukkig ook zon en dan ziet alles er wel even gezelliger en vrolijker uit.

    Wanneer heeft Nico een orientatie gesprek?
    Zullen jullie nu inderdaad overstag gaan, om de oceaan voorgoed over te gaan?????

    Waar zijn julie op dit moment? Nog steeds in Banff?

    Veel plezier en laat maar gauw weer iets horen. Leuk!!
    Have fun.

    Groetjes van ons in Hoofddorp

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