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I was just checking how the transition to Spatter's new platform is going and noticed that I still show no email subscribers.  If you're an email subscriber and you're reading this instead of reading posts over at Tumblr, you need to refer to previous post and sign up for email subscription over at Spatter's Tumblr location.  That is, of course, if you still want to get Spatter updates.

The day has come.  Spatter's saying good-bye to Typepad and hello to Tumblr.  I won't go into all the reasons why, but I think it's going to suit my needs better...and maybe even be a little more fun.  Thanks Ron for suggesting it. 

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Hope to see you on "the other side"!  When you come for your first visit, scroll back a few days.  I've already posted some photos as I was playing around with it.

Our route back into the U.S. went through Kootenay National Park.  It was a beautiful drive.  We stopped a couple of times to take it in, and in one instance...Marble Canyon...we got out and hiked.  It was a beautiful walk following the path of Tokumm Creek.

First seen at Lake Louise, then Moraine Lake, the turquoise color of the glacial melt-water was a sight to behold.

The Tokumm Creek fire occurred in the summer of 2003.  During a single day in July, lightning started five different fires in Kootenay and Banff National Parks. Three of these fires (Haffner, Taylor Upper and Taylor Lower) were quickly extinguished by “initial attack†helicopter and ground crews. Two others, Tokumm and Verendrye, demanded attention for over a month and eventually merged into one fire. The Tokumm-Verendrye fire burned 12.6% of Kootenay National Park.

 

The town of Banff is located in the Bow River Valley and, as you might deduce from that, the Bow River runs through it and through town.

The name "Bow" refers to the reeds that grew along its banks and which were used by the local First Nations peoples to make bows.