One week ago, we left Livingston, Montana, driving west on I-90.

We turned northward just west of Bozeman.

_D7A5194 While driving this highway, I thought that I saw some animals on this prairie hilltop, near Toston. As we got closer, I realized that these "animals" were horse silhouettes. This photo shows only some of these art works.

We eventually reached I-15 and drove north through Helena (Montana's capitol), Great Falls, and Shelby, to the border crossing at Sweetgrass, and into Alberta at Coutts. No trucker blockade at this time.

_D7A5208 This is the Alberta prairie south of Lethbridge, where we stopped for the night.

_D7A5212 The next day we stopped in Calgary, and then carried on to Canmore, for the night.

Then we went on a drive into Banff National Park, up Minnewanka Road, looking for wildlife to photograph.

_D7A5220 We eventually spotted this lone elk foraging in a meadow.

_D7A5247 _23A1264 The following day we continued our drive to the Okanagan, through Banff, Yoho, and Glacier National Parks, and over the Rogers Pass.

The highway was covered with soft fresh snow, which was blown up by all the vehicles, but much more so by the transports. We ran out of this weather system just east of Sicamous. We reached our destination that afternoon, our winter house-sitting residence in Coldstream.

_D7A5255 It has snowed every day since we arrived. Not what we like in town, but great for the ski hills.

_D7A5252 This is a home at the end of our cul-de-sac.

People are encouraged to leave their decorations in place until Vernon's winter carnival.

I skied two days last week. This week I'm looking forward to five skiing days.