ice, ice baby

spent the last few days driving up and down the icefields parkway. the canadian site quotes it to be the most spectacular journey in the world. part of the northern rockies which make up one of UNESCO's world heritage sites. ended up in jasper national park very very far away from STL.

we hiked up a few glaciers, peaks and the like. while driving on the parkway we saw caribou and two teenage black bears in a berry patch. it was stunning. we had the chance to drive it two different directions at a variety of times of day allowing us to see all different angles of light and perspectives.



the least stunning part of the trip is how much the glacier's have receded. at the actual glacier they have markers that show where the glaciers were every decade to give perspective of recession. at one point they actual went out to the road now it's about a 20 minute hike to the bottom of the glacier. it's very depressing and another reminder to decrease our individual impact on the planet (i.e. not drive across country in an suv). and the folks that say global warming isn't happening need to go check out the ice fields.




















there is really a bear in this photo.














we also found a few things we really LOVE about canada other than the maple leaf:
roots clothing is really doing a lot in their green efforts, check it out.
the cbc has great new music and canadian artists, check it.
and as most of you already know, Sarah's favorite yoga retailer lululemon.

thanks, canada - we'll see you again soon.