Wildlife spotting in BC

Heading south and east at last, means we are heading in the right direction for New York. In some ways the ride had the potential for being a little tedious - it was far from that!!

A great ribbon of tarmac threading its way around glacial blue lakes, through valleys, and around mountains - welcome to the Canadian Rockies. Oh, and we saw a few animals too!

Caroline was our guide for the day - each time she spotted wildlife, the brakes came on hard, Scott and I spent the whole day looking for escape routes up the verge to avoid the stationary abandoned motorcycle in the middle of the road !

First off, Buffalo - and lot's of them - herds with calves, couples, singles, you name it they were there;

Then we were treated to mountain goats (they are just bloody sheep Caroline - you can see them in Wales)!!

Then Caribou - herds of them;

and finally, a bobcat;

Oh, and there was the odd little bit of scenery too;