Another five photos from my archives. I am adding the description that I wrote on a previously posted photo taken on the same outing.
Yesterday, 17 August 2023, our temperature was in the low 30Cs, so I picked out a cold, winter scene to post this evening. However, we went from awful heat to a ridiculously chilly day today! A bit of rain, too. It all felt wonderful! However, even though we need the rain, there are so many places that are being devastated by wildfires, that desperately need rain, and a LOT of it!
"Well, I'm certainly glad that my daughter and I made this trip on 24th and not 25th October. Extreme winds on 25th, up to 172 km/hr along parts of Highway 22, with several huge container trucks/trailers flipped over on their side. Also, grass fires in fields, fueled by the strong wind. We were down in that whole area - it would have been dreadful the following day. Today's forecast, 26 October 2019, was for snow and strong winds, so I knew where I would sensibly be - home and hibernating! I cancelled out of a day trip south for today - sure enough, it is snowing this morning, with a temperature of 1C (windchill -6C).
On 24 October 2019, it was partly a repeat of my day three days earlier, which I had thoroughly enjoyed. This time, however, was my favourite kind of day - a day spent with my daughter and our cameras : ) I always try and think of places we could go where I know she will see some interesting and beautiful things. I knew that she would be able to see an old grain elevator, beautiful scenery, old barns and sheds, and anything else that we might come across. She also mentioned to me that Bragg Creek had their Scarecrows day yesterday, with some of the locals "competing" for the Best Scarecrow.
So, we combined everything into one great day, with sunshine and white clouds (that are always a bonus). Almost forgot to mention the wind that was just the same as three days earlier.
Maybe it is always windy down south.
We set off just after 9:00 am and headed south, where we could find the grain elevator. From there, we headed west, coming across several things that I had completely missed on 21 October. Obvious things, too, so I'm not sure how that happened. Once we reached the place I wanted to get to, we then turned north and headed for Bragg Creek. Such a contrast from wide open prairie farmland to forest. By that time, we were both feeling hungry, so we called in at one of the little restaurants in Bragg Creek.
My daughter had mentioned that Bragg Creek was holding a Scarecrow day, so we walked around the shops in the hamlet, looking at the various Scarecrow displays outside. We drove a few of the roads, too, discovering some different hand-made, life-size ones.
From Bragg Creek, we drove down Highway 66/Elbow Falls Trail as far as Forgetmenot Pond, stopping briefly at Elbow Falls en route. I knew snow was in the forecast for Calgary and the places we went to this day, so we made the most of the sunshine and clear ground while we could. Thanks so much, Rachel, for a great day spent together! My favourite kind of day. So glad you had a free day."
