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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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