Harbour seal scavenging for left-overs at Fisherman's Wharf, Victoria, BC

Buchart Gardens, Victoria, BC

Parliament House, Victoria, BC

Raccoons in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC

Mountains near Revelstoke, BC

Outrageously cliched toadstool, Revelstoke, BC

Emerald Lake, Alberta

Lake Moraine, Alberta

Elk on roadside near Banff, Alberta

Snowfall on the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta

Icefields Parkway, Alberta

Peyto Lake, Alberta, emerging out of the mist

Whistlers Mountain near Jasper , Alberta. The ubiquitous Inuksuit in the foreground

View from the front of our accommdation in Jasper, Alberta

Medicine Lake, Alberta

Aquatic moose, Medicine Lake, Alberta

Hoary marmot, near Medicine Lake, Alberta

Our first ever bear, near Maligne Lake, Jasper, Alberta

Angel Glacier, Near Mount Edith Cavell, Alberta

Frozen lake at the foot of Angel Galcer, Alberta. Note the gradual recovery of the environment from the glacier's passing

A spruce moose, Maligne Lake, Alberta

Mt Robson (or as much of it as we could see).

One of countlessly many photo opportunities cruising the amusing named Inside Passag

Butedale, a whole abandoned township for sale, Inside Passage

One last photo opportunity from the Inside Passage

Moving the logs, near Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island

Grizzly mother and baby, Butte Inlet

Grizzly mother up close, Butte Inlet

Grizzly baby running past just a few feet away after a dangerous swim across the river to find his mother, Butte Inlet

Scenery isn't too shabby either, Butte Inlet

One of many murals at Chemainus (This one is the first Japanese scout), Vancouver Island

Stunning seascape, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island

One of the more impressive warning signs and a statement in the bleeding obvious, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island

More amazing coastline, Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island

So much driftwood, Florencia Beach, between Ucluluet and Tofino, V.I.

Tofino sunset, Vancouver Island

Black bear investigating entry to salmon hatchery, near Ucluelet, V.I.

Employee discouraging entry to salmon hatchery using his bear-discouraging stick

Employee 1, bear 0. After tumbling back into the creek the bear departs looking surprisingly embarrassed

Even more bears. The smaller one wisely avoided the larger one the whole time

Wonderful weather - Nuu-chah-nulth Trail (formerly called the Wickaninnish Trail), West Coast, V.I.

View from bedroom - Inn at Tough City, Tofino. Otters swam from the rock wall to the plane

Vancouver Public Library

English Bay, Vancouver