Our Epic Northwestern Journey – Part 24 – Canada In The Wild – A

We had heard there were bear sightings at our lodge in Golden. We had even been told that a bear was trying to get into the lodge in the wee hours of the morning, but we didn’t see or hear anything ourselves. We were looking for bears, but hadn’t seen any. That is we hadn’t seen any yet. As we were leaving the lodge, going down the mountain road, sure enough, we saw a momma black bear and her baby, frolicking in the bush.

We were “happy as Larry”, an Australian saying. Bears were not the only Canadian wildlife we saw though. We saw a whole bunch more throughout the day.

We had a very busy, jam-packed day ahead of us. After leaving the lodge, and seeing the bears. We headed towards the wolf sanctuary, called Northern Lights. But before showing you the wolves, here are a couple of things we saw along the way.

Inside Northern Lights, there were six or seven wolves who had all been rescued. They were living the good life. Northern Lights also offers a nature walk with the wolves, but we didn’t do that. It was quite expensive and you have to book in advance. All the others wolves were jealous of the one that got chosen to lead the walk, and started howling to let everyone know they wanted to go too.

After a few minutes of howling, they all settled down for a nap once they realized they weren’t going this time around. Seeing all these wild wolves, made me think of my own wolf baby, Juneau, back home. She is very similar to her wild cousins. The docent gave a talk to everyone, explaining the wolves and their way of life. Later she opened it up to questions and comments. I told her we were very familiar with the “wolf” life, and we showed her pictures of our “wolf” Juneau. She agreed, they are very similar.

This is my own “wolf” Juneau howling in the snow. I couldn’t resist showing this. I wanted to show how similar my Malamute is to the wild wolves though.

All the wolves at Northern Lights are very well cared for and loved, as they should be. Once again, we were all “happy as Larry” that we decided to go pay them a visit.

This was our last day in Canada before heading back to the United States, through Montana. We packed in as much as we could along the way too. We made quite a few stops to take in the beauty of the Canadian Glaciers. I also took quite a few photos from the car as we were driving.

One of our stops was the visitor’s center. We like going to those wherever we can. I love seeing all the displays at the visitor’s centers. They explain the area and tell you what is around. They also show you things you just might get lucky enough to see. As you saw above, we saw both bears and wolves earlier in the day. 🙂 The views were spectacular too.

A curious Magpie.

We did see quite a few Bald Eagles, but not close enough to get any good shots.

This is a good stopping point for this segment. As I mentioned above, we had a very full day, with many stops and a lot to see. I don’t want to overwhelm you all at once, so we will call this an intermission. Stay tuned for the rest. 🙂