J is for Jasper, both Jasper National Park, and Jasper, AB, the town. I was first there as a girl in the early 1970’s, and remember the giant vehicle that took us out on the Columbia icefields, with a conveyor belt contraption on the wheels. It was red, but according to a photo from a previous decade, they came in many colors.
One of my favorite painters, Canadian Lawren Harris, has a painting of Maligne Lake.
In 1996, Stratoz and I took a trip to Jasper, venturing up Whistler Mountain in a tram, and seeing a panoramic view of the town of Jasper.
We also visited Athabasca Falls, which was intensely loud with the sound of water hitting rocks. This rainbow floated up, seemingly within our reach.
Gorgeous. Makes me long for the summer vacations…and spring, which is allusive this year.
That’s elusive…Spring is elusive this year. I thought that spelling looked wrong. Needless to say, I did not win any spelling bees!
Actually, “allusive spring” could make a great poem!
I’ve never seen that much snow or a snowmobile in my life! (in person, anyway) I guess that’s the downside of living in Mississippi.
Your mosaic work is beautiful, by the way. Happy A to Z! 🙂
Oh, yeah! I remember taking a ride on a glacier as a kid on one of those odd contraptions with those strange conveyor belt tires!
Beautiful photos. Such a gorgeous rainbow!
~Tui, from #AtoZchallenge
Nikki – Thanks for the kind words about my work! I suspect my parents never saw snow until they moved up to Edmonton, being from Texas.
Tui – The conveyor belt tires tied with the glacier for my attention as a kid!
Beautiful photos! Thank you! Jasper is one of the places I’ve longed to visit, but I’ve not found my way there yet.
When you find your way to Jasper, I think you are going to love it!