Yes, I am back...I spent the last 10+ days out in the Canadian Rockies, seeing many attractions that I have not seen in well over 10 years.... I spent the majority of the time out by Banff, Lake Louise, and Calgary Alberta..Lets be honest here... I went to Banff at the wrong time... The place was indeed beautiful, but was overcrowded with too many visitors and especially visitors from Asian countries overseas..... The townsite has some 8000 permanent residents but during this time of year has possibly some 25000+ visitors.... It was packed like sardines, and yes I am not kidding here! The mountain view was great, and scenery is of course spectacular... I did not see many wild animals, and when I stopped and asked a Park superintendent as to why, he of course responded logically that with all the people packed into the park, the animals are staying away! Yes, the human influence is once again pushing into the wild animals' natural habitat.....I did bring a laptop, but I kept my word to my better half and only turned it on to keep abreast of what has been happening in our sick world while on vacation...Honesty, I had to turn the damned thing off because I am SO DISGUSTED by how the world again seems to go to hell during my absence from blogging....I will probably be doing a mid week "rant" today or tomorrow just to get up to speed on what I see has been happening during my vacation time.... There is indeed so much to cover and I will do my best to put my 2 cents worth forward....It is good to be back, and there is so much to do to get back up to speed on this blog... So stay tuned...As usual..More to comeNTS
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