[poochee]

Guyzer, nice Dragonfly shot.

[Shadow Bea]

Happy Tuesday everyone!!

[Guyzer]

And a Happy Tuesday to you Bea.
( I just love it when I wake up with a pulse. )

[poochee]

Originally Posted by Shadow Bea

Happy Tuesday everyone!!

And the same to you!

[wilson44512]

Originally Posted by Guyzer

Thanks folks....

Here's a couple from my evening coffee drive...........

beautiful shots. were do you live? out in the wild? to get all these good pictures.

[Guyzer]

Thanks folks.

Wilson I do live out in the country but the majority of shots I get are done while driving around other areas. I make frequent stops at a couple of favorite places that have a lake, pond or slough.

[Shadow Bea]

Originally Posted by Guyzer

And a Happy Tuesday to you Bea.
( I just love it when I wake up with a pulse. )

Me tooooooo

Originally Posted by poochee

And the same to you!

[Guyzer]

Even though we live about an 1 1/4 hr drive from Hope it's the kind of place we just pass through and never knew these carvings existed. The towns web site states there are 20 of them scattered through town and an old gent I ran into said there were quite a few less as some have been removed due to decay. I found 13 or so and some of them are darn impressive.....

[Guyzer]

Part 2........

[Guyzer]

Part 3.......

[Guyzer]

The last two were absolutely amazing. These pics do not do them justice..........

[wacor]

amazing talents those people that did the carvings have.

nice pics

[poochee]

Guyzer...neat shots! Interesting carvings.

[Guyzer]

From Hope we drove another few minutes and visited the Othellow Tunnels at Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park........... ( pronounced coke-a-hal-la )

" In the early 1900s, the Canadian Pacific Railway decided a route was necessary to link the Kootenay Region with the BC coast by rail. The railway was built over three mountain ranges. In the Coquihalla Gorge - the river cut a 300 foot deep channel of solid granite. A straight line of tunnels were built through it which are known now as the Othello Tunnels. There are spectacular viewing opportunities available on the trail, through the tunnels and on the bridges. This park highlights the Kettle Valley Railway grade that passes through the canyon and 5 tunnels which were built in 1914. "

Link to site if you want more info...
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/exp...oquihalla_cyn/

To give you a perspective and idea what they went through here's a few shots...

[Guyzer]

Here's a few lousy shots of the tunnels..