It was our goal to see the Forestry Trunk Road from Nordegg north to Grande Cache, and we did it!
Paul Bunyan chopping wood at Blackstone River Campground
The traditional camping bouquet
Enjoying the fire
A comforting blaze
Blackstone River
My intrepid River Rat
Balckstone River
On the way to Blacktone River Lookout
From the Blackstone River Lookout
Heading to Fairfax Lake
The Pembina River
Fairfax Lake
Hailstorm at Fairfax Lake
Gourmet meal prep at Fairfax Lake
Sunrise over Fairfax Lake
Getting a fly tying lesson from Greg and Gary
Catch them fish!
Appetizer!
The Rilly Big Fish
On the road to Cadomin
At Watson Creek Campground
Hiking to the Macleod River
Grouse on the road
Jacoby’s “Hole in the Wall” Cafe and Lounge
I’m sitting in Mabel’s chair, apparently
Miners’ cabins at Cadomin
Coal truck
Trestle bridge on the way to the Cardinal Divide Viewpoint
Just starting out
Half way up
Three quarters of the way up
Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
A kiss at the top of the world
Where we’ve been
Stupid flowers that don’t know what season it is
Covered mine shaft
The remains of the town of Mountain Park
All that’s left of Mountain Park
Mountain Park Cemetery: the highest cemetery in Canada and Britain
What Mountain Park looked like in the 30s...
...What it looks like now
On the way back to Watson Creek
Man...
...those things move!
Big Horn sheep along the road
Heading to Grande Cache
At the Grande Cache Interpretive Centre
At Grande Cache Municipal Campground
The meeting of the Sulphur and Smoky Rivers
A hunting team heading into the back country
“What I saw on my twentieth anniversary” by Kimmy Beach
Hiking into Twin Falls
My intrepid mountain climber
