Wednesday Walk - Johnston Canyon

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Time to pull out a new title shot in celebration of a 6 km canyon walk! This post is for Wednesday Walk challenge championed by our friend tattoodjay@tattoodjay and the Make me Smile Collaboration challenge lead by elizacheng@elizacheng. The basic idea is going for a walk, taking pictures, sharing stories and making people smile.

This Weds, I am back from the mountains but have brought highlights from the Rocky Mountains in western Canada.

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For those just joining us, I am back from a trip out west which was highlighted by a hike in Johnstone Canyon https://www.banfflakelouise.com/experiences/johnston-canyon It was a long fun day and I will use as few words as possible so the pictures can tall the story.

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I can still taste the sweet cool mountain air when I look at this pic.

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The whole path was well maintained and simple enough for most people to be able to hike.
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Looking up to down in one picture by using the panoramic function vertically.

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I would almost long to cannon ball into that clear pool except I know how cold that water is and how complicated that swim would be in shocking the temperature.

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The river slows to a trickling brook at some points.

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This is not a zoom or a crop. This bold little fellow came within a couple feet of my boots and posed nicely for a picture.

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daveks@daveks corners the market on epic vistas but maybe I can make the vertical pano shot a thing?

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Ending off with the hazy shot I used for the title shot. A well-done accessible path seemingly doesn't even touch the pristine canyon stream through protected wilderness. It is these moments in these places that make for happiness I believe.

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As a cherry on this sundae of a Wednesday walk, I celebrated a safe return with a beer in the parking lot I can think of at least 2 reasons davedickeyyall@davedickeyyall would like.

Cheers!

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Thanks for joining my epic mountain hike!