(link to Emily comes to visit part 1)
November blasted us with some brutal storms and unbelievable cold. Snow drifts in the driveway, power outages and a bit of ‘living in a snowglobe” experience. The upside of blizzard conditions in high winds…..the trailer is bright and shiny……snowbath..!!
Finally the polar vortex shifted and the weather has become quite pleasant…….but then after weeks of below -30 Celsius anything above freezing becomes quite joyful……..and we are finding that here in Alberta….or at least here in the southern part……the sun does like to shine….!!!
…and the wildlife likes to visit…..
I think the whole of Canada reveled in a white Christmas this year, and so very beautiful it was too…….
With the warmer weather and our Emily visiting from Ontario, a trip back to our ‘local’ (Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park ) seemed like a plan…!!!
Writing-on-Stone…….the badlands landscape in miniature, with less snow than our last visit making the Hoodoo trail less perilous. We lucked out with a beautiful blue sky day. It was wonderful to strap on the boots again and be out in the fresh air, especially a chance to share our neighbourhood with Emily.
The Hoodoo trail has a series of numbered viewpoints. There is a guide which tells the history and geology of the place……..but there were none in the box on this visit…….I should pick up a couple of extras for our next visitors…!!!
The Milk River frozen and snow covered.
There were no snakes this time either….!!!!
The views are hard to beat…..especially on a day like this one….
The light was quite a bit different from our visit in the fall…..giving us a very different view of some of the pictographs.
….and that battle scene is just ….well it’s something…!!!!
With so few other people around every time we come here……it’s a very peaceful and reflective place………
It’s a pleasure to be back outside again………
Such a lovely place…..
OsteoPraxis on the road 
Wonderful. So nice you had great weather while Emily was there …a beautiful spot for a hike. The lighting is amazing with the winter sun.
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The neighbours tell us this is more normal winter weather here………mild and lots of sunshine…….I feel some adventurin’ in our future…!!!
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When the sun comes out there it is so blindingly bright in that big open sky. When you and Emily were sitting on the bench I could see you had your hat and mitts off . I bet by the end of the hike you had a bit of colour on your cheeks too. The shapes of the “boulders” remind me of the ones you saw in NB , on the floor of the ocean. Those were shaped by the water. I am guessing these were shaped by the winds ??? WE always think of our country as so young but the land and the people have been here actually for SO long and those pictographs tell the tale.
Fascinating place. Enjoy seeing your wildlife neighbours . Quite something for a girl raised in the city of Glasgow :).
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The sun is always warm…even in the bitter cold…and hiking through the hoodoo’s is no easy stroll…!!! Yes the shape is very similar now you mention it….and yes…formed by wind…..crazy beautiful….
(Dumfries…not Glasgow…!!)
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Happy New Year !!!Wow beautiful pictures!
So peaceful is right!!! What a treat to have Emily visit and the animals are great !
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Happy New Year Nancy……its beautiful place….the pictures don’t do it justice if you can believe that. Lovely to have Emily for a bit…..shes a bit of extra sunshine…!!!😁
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Lovely pictures and what a treat to visit with Emily. Wishing you and Scott a New Year full of adventures
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Happy New Year to you also…….yup…adventurin’ 2023 starting to happen……😁
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