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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

I wouldn’t want to fall over the edge of that cliff, especially if there were hundreds of buffalo behind me. But when you had to get through Alberta’s long cold winters, and nature provided, you did what you had to do. On our way back from Lethbridge, we stopped at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Run, which wasContinue reading “Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump”

Grey Canal Trail, Vernon, BC

What a great way to start the day. My walking buddy and I have been walking sections of the Grey Canal Trail for the last several mornings. According to google, the Grey Canal area was part of a 50 kilometer gravity fed irrigation system, built between 1906 -1914. This was quite an accomplishment and suppliedContinue reading “Grey Canal Trail, Vernon, BC”