A Bit More of Jasper

One of the few animals we saw in Jasper...a mountain goat on the Icefields Parkway controlling traffic. 

 What started out as a blah color picture came alive when I turned it into a black and white one. The location is right outside of Jasper townsite. 

 

We drove the Icefields Parkway on a cloudy day which washed out the colors....  

I changed to black and white and the mood changed dramatically. Ansel Adams knew what he was doing when he photographed in black and white. I know a thimbleful about photography, but I did learn that  

A little piece of unknown history. During World War I, Canada imprisoned thousands of people who were considered enemy aliens. One of the Internment Camps was at Castle Mountain, not far from Banff. The monument honors the memory of the people who lived at the camp (and others throughout Canada). Please read the official explanation too. It talks of a 1913 Depression, which I had never heard of before.

People visit the Monument and leave small tokens of remembrance.

There are small villages along the Icefields Parkway and the Bow Valley Parkway (both lovely drives)...some of the villages have very old facilities, including this working gasoline pump. I haven't seen this type of pump in years!

A fancy sign on the Bow Valley Parkway...A good catch. 

We are almost home...being on the road has been too much fun!