Rainbow in the big Alberta sky No traffic, big skies: For downtown Torontonians, we learned we could actually enjoy driving again. We crisscrossed The Canadian Badlands in southeastern Alberta from Calgary to the Saskatchewan border south through Medicine Hat and Cypress Hills to the Montana border, west to the border town of Milk River and [...]
One of the highlights of our visit to the Canadian Badlands (http://canadianbadlands.com) in southeastern Alberta was touring the Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site.(http://www.atlascoalmine.ab.ca) It’s managed by an amazing storyteller. In the space of an hour or so, she brought to life a wild and woolley era of Canadian history. One hundred and thirty nine coal mines [...]
Our first introduction to the Canadian Badlands of Alberta was a ten minute helicopter ride (Mountain View Helicopters) over Horseshoe Canyon near Drumheller (about the canyon). This canyon is part of the Red Deer River Valley. Glenn snapped these graphically stunning photos from the air. Note the dark green borders. These are shelter trees that protect the crop fields from high [...]
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