Crimea River's Photo Album

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A whole group of us, young and old, got together to do a short hike today up a trail called Powderface Ridge in Kananaskis park about a 40 minute drive from my house. 15 of us made it up (14 humans and 1 dog) and all made it down again safe and sound. Here are a few snaps of the trip:
 

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This past week, the family spent 4 days camping in an area in the southeast part of our province of Alberta just about 10km north of the Montana border. We stayed at a campsite in a UNESCO World Heritage Site called Writing on Stone Provincial Park which is known for its unique sandstone rock formations and for its outstanding display of rock art that scraped or painted on the stone by various native tribes going back as much as 3500 years ago. Here are a few of the many pics taken.

On entering the park, one is greeted with this view of the Milk River Valley with its unique sandstone features. The visitor center can be seen top left.



A short hike after breakfast the next morning was a photographer's delight.






This is a view of the "Sweetgrass Hills" due south just over the border in Montana.



Here are some examples of the rock art scratched into the rock by several native plains tribes but mostly by the Blackfoot who still reside in the area. Images that include horses are more recent, dating from no earlier than the 1760's when horses came to this area. The images with the people within circles represent warriors with buffalo hide shields.









The day reached 39C and produced a short thunderstorm with some dramatic lighting shortly thereafter. This is a view from our campsite shortly after the rain.



And of the rock formations on the other side of the river at sunset:



Hope you enjoy these.
 
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