Road Trip, Aug 8 2012

Leif Norman

Driving from Swift Current to Bow River campground, west of Calgary

 

making early morning camp coffee

 

Trail Campground, Swift Current. Someone left a bike here.

 

Alberta Cows with a pump jack

 

And then the cows got scared and ran away

 

A Swainson’s hawk

 

Swainson’s Hawk in flight. Canadian Prairies

 

Roadside Shrine

 

 

The Rolling Canadian Prairies

 

Small Alberta Town; Tiley. Where the sign says they have groceries. But there are no groceries…

 

Graffiti Bridge as you come into Calgary from the east

 

Calgary Suburb

 

Stawnichy’s Ukrainian Sausage; pretty good. Not as good as Manitoba Garlic Sausage (Koubasa) 

 

A neighbourhood in Calgary, where the airplanes roar overhead when they come in for a landing

 

Calgary suburb

 

Calgary Robin and babies

 

Big mountain clouds

 

Our first view of the mountains heading West

 

Bow Valley Campground. Trees and Trees

 

Orange shoes and the Jetta make a good match

 

Bow Valley campground

 

Bow Valley campground

 

 

Heart Mountain, Alberta

 

Heart Mountain hiking Trail

 

 

Quaite Valley / Barrier Lake trails

 

“This trail becomes a Scrambler’s Route” Heart Mountain hiking trail

 

Heart Creek and Heart Mountain, Alberta

 

Rocks and Water in a creek

 

Cute little ground squirrel. Chipmunk?

 

People lose a lot of keys

 

Heart Creek Trial

 

Map of Heart Creek Trail

 

Bright red berries. Not sure what they are. Anyone?

 

Alberta Juniper berries

 

Heart Creek Trail

 

Making a campfire

 

 

Sunset in Bow River