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	Mountain Wildlife

celestialdancer

6-29-2009 1:03 AM

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6-29-2009 7:12 PM

tanyamm

Traveling by train through the Canadian Rockies you can see a lot of wild life like this that you wouldn't be able to see from a car or a bus.

6-29-2009 9:54 PM

celestialdancer

Those Rockies must be an amazing sight!!

6-30-2009 5:09 PM

David Hughes

Interesting, and beautiful photos!

6-30-2009 6:04 PM

celestialdancer

Aren't they just?

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