Every few years, I make a summer sojourn to the Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park and Áísínai’pi National Historic Site for the beauty, the sacred and the historical. Located about three hours south of my home in Calgary, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is over….km of prairie grassland with hoodoo and hills. This is called the Badlands due to the dry and unearthly scenery. Milk … [Read more...]
William A. Switzer Park: Your Park at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains
By Cassandrea Gascoyne If you love the Rocky Mountains but want to escape from Banff and Jasper’s hustle and bustle, head north of Hinton to William A. Switzer Provincial Park. The pine, spruce and aspen forests encompass a few small lakes and are home to grizzly and black bears, cougars, wolves, moose, elk, deer, beaver and over 100 different bird species. Pitch a tent at … [Read more...]