I believe that is Mt. Ishbel in the distance with the Bow River in the foreground.

I must admit I really really wished a bear, bull moose or bull elk would wander out on that gravel bar and pose for me. I could imagine them looking up waiting for my click. I've seen them several times in this area. Wouldn't that have been nice....! One can dream.....but not this day.

Regardless was a nice landscape shot.

Have a wonderful week!

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One of many great trails at Smith Rock. Probably the easiest....definitely one of the most beautiful.

The river leads the eye to red Ship Rock ahead, which is where most of the trails start, in many directions.

Waterfowl, song birds, otters, muskrats along and in the river with raptors above.

The ancestral Crooked River helped create the crags and pinnacles in this park by eroding the interior of a volcanic vent over millions of years.

Happy Friday!

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An evening shot of the Bow river as it flows south below Banff's iconic Castle Mountain.

A mountain with many faces, from many perspectives.

Thanks for taking a look! Always appreciated.

Have a great week!

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A view of this pretty glacial fed river as it flows downstream from the Natural Bridge on it's way to joining the Columbia River.

The River’s unusual name stems from an incident near Wapta Falls in August 1858, Sir James Hector writes:

"A little way above this fall one of our pack horses, to escape the fallen timber, plunged into the river, luckily where it formed an eddy, but the banks were so steep that we had great difficulty in getting him out. In attempting to recatch my own horse, which had strayed off while we were engaged with the one in the water, he kicked me in the chest, but I had luckily got close to him before he struck out, so that I did not get the full force of the blow. However, it knocked me down and rendered me senseless for some time. This was unfortunate, as we had seen no tracks of game in the neighbourhood, and were now without food; but I was so hurt that we could not proceed further that day at least." - James Hector chronicles, 1858.

Enjoy your Sunday!

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Fall foliage along Idaho's Little Salmon river, north of Riggins.

Thanks for taking a look!

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