On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.
From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.
Good Morning All,
Monday I had the pleasure of seeing how the new On the Road will look and work, and it should be nice. It looks like we have two weeks, perhaps a bit more, until the transition.
So, please feel free to submit your pictures and stories using the current form at tools.balloon-juice.com but do it quickly as this form will be shut down Wednesday evening. Once shut down, I’ll run through the content I’ve received, and hope that things align well. Unpublished content before the site change will be used, but may not be published immediately.
Have a wonderful day, enjoy the pictures, and keep your eyes open for a mini-canning post later today.
Today, pictures from valued commenter arrieve.
I spent a week in the Canadian Rockies last month — one of those trips that make you think both “Why haven’t I been here before?” and “How soon can I come back?”
Taken on 2019-07-11 00:00:00
Jasper National Park
The park was full of beautiful lakes but this was probably my favorite.
Taken on 2019-07-12 00:00:00
Jasper National Park
The crystal clear water in Lake Beauvert
Taken on 2019-07-13 00:00:00
Jasper National Park
The group did a hike up the glacier but I wasn’t feeling well that day so I opted to ride a Sno Coach instead. These are buses with huge wheels that drive up the side of the mountain and directly on to the ice.
Taken on 2019-07-13 00:00:00
Jasper National Park
Just a perfect mountain landscape
Taken on 2019-07-12 00:00:00
Jasper National Park
Finally, some critters. This isn’t a great shot because I took it through the window of a bus, and had to shoot around all of the candidates for next year’s Darwin awards who were clustering by the side of the road trying to get selfies with the cubs while Mama Bear was standing maybe 15 feet away.
Thank you so much arrieve, do send us more when you can.
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raven
Sweet
?BillinGlendaleCA
Nice pics.
p.a.
Very nice. The trans-Canada train through the Rockies is on my to-do list.
JPL
Beautiful pictures.
JCJ
Lovely! We went camping in Banff and Jasper on our honeymoon. We even camped a night at Honeymoon Lake. Sunwapta Waterfall is so beautiful. The boat ride to Spirit Island on Maligne Lake is memorable.
OzarkHillbilly
Don’t try this at home folks.
mrmoshpotato
@OzarkHillbilly: Much better to run up to a bear cub and give it a bear hug. That way the mama bear knows that you mean no harm.
Baud
Nice.
Steve in the ATL
Nice!
@JCJ: nice!
@mrmoshpotato: not nice!
debbie
So beautiful!
J R in WV
Thanks!! Wonderful memories…
Yarrow
Such gorgeous pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Those dumbasses with the bears. Ugh. They should be fined for that kind of crap.
rikyrah
Wow,
these are beautiful pictures.
Mary G
@p.a.: That train trip is probably number one on my bucket list.
Beautiful photos, thank you arrieve.
realbtl
Jasper is about 200 miles from me and I head up that way regularly. Also quite beautiful is the Columbia River system a bit to the west. The best thing about SE BC is the lack of people/traffic.
Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho
Lovely pictures – thank you arrieve and Alain.
@OzarkHillbilly:
This is probably good advice.
waratah
Beautiful photos of beautiful scenery.
Elizabelle
Wow!
mrmoshpotato
@Steve in the ATL: Haha
Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho
@Steve in the ATL:
mrmoshpotato
@Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho: I never claimed that it was good advice. ?