Another awesome day

Another beautiful fall day. We know this can't last much longer, so we headed out on another adventure.
We consulted the book...




...and decided on Whiskey Lake, kind of south and west of Turner Valley
Cool road to get there; too bad about the dirty windshield.




The book said to follow the old logging road, so we did. Kind of surprised to see this rig coming at us, though.








This is Gibraltar Mountain




The book is a great resource for ideas, and it has all kinds of interesting information about the history, flora and fauna of the regions, but the maps and trail descriptions leave a bit to be desired. Even Map Guy was confused, and we ended up missing the turn-off for the lake. We saw a path that we thought might be it, but it wasn't marked, and it didn't correspond to the map, so we kept going instead. After walking 3 kms in a straight line on what was supposed to be a 3.5 km loop, we turned around and headed back to the missed turn- off. It still didn't make sense according to the map, but what the heck.
We had seen evidence of past bear activity along the trail, but weren't too worried because who knows how old these claw scratches are?




However, when we started to notice these very fresh looking tracks...




...and we weren't convinced that we were on the right trail anyway, we opted to abort the mission, and head back down the way we came.
I was disappointed not to see the lake, but there was plenty of other spectacular scenery to make up for it.












We stopped along the way to take another short walk to check out Sheep River Falls.
If you zoom in, you'll see a couple sitting on the rocks. We waited until they moved on, then we took their place. Nice!








Who was this bench designed for? I would've needed a stepladder to get onto it, Dan's legs are dangling about a foot off the ground.




So, even though we didn't see what we set out to see, it was still a great day to be alive and outdoors.
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Autumn walks

Best autumn evah! We've had some wonderful walks in the crunching leaves.




This is Southland park. We don't get there very often, but for a change of scenery, we strolled through Carburn park and crossed the bridge to the off-leash park.




It was a beautiful day - warm enough for a dip in the river.












Our perfect autumn was rudely interrupted by a blast of winter, but only for one day. This is the view from my desk at work. Brrrr.




And we're back to Indian Summer...
We've discovered a hidden gem just off Beddington Trail. We used to wander along the bike paths down by Nose Creek there, but that can be a bit busy. Dan works in this area quite often, so he's found a way to get to the trails beyond the bike traffic. We can wander for hours here and only occasionally run into other dog walkers.








There's a little creek about as wide as a large dog.




Yep, just the right size for a little cool down.




Pretty views out over the valley.




We crossed over to the bike path to soak up some sunshine on their bench.




Yesterday was another amazing day, so we headed out to Bragg Creek. One of my Flickr friends recently posted some photos from Beaver Flats and I wanted to see it. Weird - we've seen beaver ponds in Argentina, but not in Canada.
There are a lot of photos, so make yourself comfy.
This is the biggest of the beaver ponds.




























A hot dog.




A cool dude.




A beaver lodge.
























And the road home. Man we live in a beautiful place!




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