When the ice was going out, we noticed something down by the shore. As we got closer, we were able to see that it was a muskrat. I don’t think I’ve ever been that close to one in the wild, and so I found it fascinating. I couldn’t figure out what it was eating and […]
Our groundhog has come out of hibernation, as I’m sure its many relatives have. This one was at our neighbours, and looked like he/she was collecting leaves for the nest. It wasn’t very happy to see me, but didn’t run away. I think it thought if it turned its back, I might go away. The […]
When you go to Wayne, Alberta, you see many signs of the past. It used to have a school, hospital, theatre and several stores, but now only has the hotel which was built in 1913. Signs of the past in a ghost town – Wayne, Alberta. Originally in the 1930’s, there were over 6 mines […]
When we were at Lake Louise, we had the opportunity to see a Clark’s Nutcracker. People in the western provinces are used to seeing them, but we don’t see them here, so they are unique for us. They aren’t very afraid of people, especially around Lake Louise where they have a lot of tourists around them. Clark’s […]
We visited Lake Louise several years ago (2003), but didn’t have much time to walk around the lake. We had accidentally locked our keys in our van and had to wait for CAA to help us. This made our time there very short, so I was hoping to have more time last year (2014) when […]