17 March 2016

On the horizon 

By icefogger

“At length the Rocky Mountains came in sight like shining white clouds on the horizon, but we doubted what our guide said; but as we proceeded,
they rose in height, their immense masses of snow appeared above the 
clouds, and formed an impassable barrier, even to the Eagle.”

— David Thompson

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Just a basic, down to Earth, laid back type of guy here, who loves the outdoors, the indoors, jazz on the turntable, a fire in the woodstove, the northern lights blazing across the sky, and the company of good friends. View all posts by icefogger

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 17th, 2016 at 12:17 PM and tagged with Canada, history, rockies, travel and posted in quote. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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4 responses to “On the horizon ”

• theitinerary1
  March 17th, 2016 at 12:38 PM

  Interesting quote

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  • icefogger
    March 17th, 2016 at 3:11 PM

    I thought so. Imagine how impressive the mountains would have seemed when Thompson crossed the Rockies in 1807 via Howse Pass.

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    • theitinerary1
      March 17th, 2016 at 3:17 PM

      yes!! barely toched humans. it would had been amazing
    • theitinerary1
      March 17th, 2016 at 3:19 PM

      check out my blog when you get the chance 🙂

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