I am going to leave the Snake River, Yukon, now.  If you want to learn more about my adventures on the Snake, you will need to get my new book once it becomes available.  I will let you know when it is published!
Now we are going to see some of the wonders of the Canadian Rockies.  This summer I did five memorable hikes in the Front Ranges of the Rockies in Alberta. I will let you know about some of the wonderful things we saw, starting with the last on.  This was a hike to Jumpingpound Mountain.  It lies about an hour west of Calgary.  It is not all that far, but some of the travelling is on a rough gravel road.  There is a good trail to its summit at 7,350 feet,  From there, most hikers take the west ridge towards Cox Hill, but we took the east ridge.  It was a bit of a rough trail, but led to a nice summit (Top number 2) where we had lunch.  It was a beautiful fall day.  
I will put in a summit photo of Jumpingpound Mountain below.  
Stay tuned for my next hike - coming soon!

As our rafts nosed in to a gravel bar on the shore for the night, a strong wind suddenly came up.  It was blowing so hard that our head guide told us to put up our tents on a flat area which was sparsely covered with low willow bushes.  This was unusual, but his further instructions clarified things.  He wanted us to tie our tent guy ropes to these deeply rooted willows so that the tents would not blow away.  
It was difficult to put up our tents in the wind, but with the help of our two fast-moving grand children,  we soon had both our tents up despite the wind, and they stayed up overnight. 
This was only our second campsite on the Snake River itself, and our first introduction to weather problems.  Later that evening it rained heavily, but nevertheless all went well.  
​It was a beautiful evening.  The photo below was taken after 11 PM.