We had a wonderful time traveling out West to the amazing International Peace Park, Glacier NP in the USA and Waterton Lakes NP in Canada. The beauty of both of these places is extraordinary, though it was somewhat marred this summer by forest fires in many areas, sending smoke and haze well beyond the areas of the fires. It was the only thing that interfered at all with our enjoyment of these wonderful parks, mostly because it made the photography less than ideal on certain days. Nevertheless, it was good to be traveling and out in nature once more.
I still feel that I don’t have my traveling planned that well as yet, and too many issues seem to surface along the way, interfering with plans. I guess so long as COVID remains an issue, these challenges will continue to disrupt well-laid plans. I suspect, however, tat within a year or so, COVID will become just another respiratory ailment that people deal with on a regular basis. Given my advancing years, trip postponements are not something that makes me terribly happy, to say the least. I lost a good two years to COVID, and that is more than enough.
Stream, Sunlit Hillside, and Clouds, Waterton Lakes NP, Alberta, Canada 2022