Bear is your everyday normal part timberwolf, part German Shepherd from Iskut B.C. For many years Bear has been the constant companion of Michael Townsend. . | Michael is a high school teacher in Kamloops and created these images with Kodak DC 120 camera on Saturday, September 27, 97 |
Eager to challenge the countryside around them Michael and Bear began their hike up a local mountain from this park in Kamloops. | This view from the park shows a bridge and Mount Paul in the background. |
B.C. desert like dry interior has the uncharacteristic terrain seen usually far to the South but gives the area year round | warm temperatures and for the residents the ability to engage in orchard development and year round outdoor activity. |
This is the view Michael and Bear enjoyed after the first hour of their hike. | Then the first break on the hike, it was time to stop and rest a few minutes. |
Below we see the Louwanda Sue, the paddlewheeler. | This view point's toward's Michael and Bear's home neighbourhood. |
This image points towards downtown Kamloops. | Here we can take in the scenery looking East. |
Below are the two rivers that meet at Kamloops. | From the summit Michael and Bear are joined by other hikers. |
Enroute Bear enjoyed a work out engaging the goats in some sport. | Bear patiently poses here on the summit with Michael. |