The city has closed off our street for cleaning. Cars have been removed and big trucks have come in. One goes up and down each side of the street, sweeping debris and sanding material left behind from the city’s Snow and Ice Control team. After the sweeping, another truck drove down the middle of the…
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Red Rock Coulee Natural Area
There are some destinations that seem like a myth, places I’ve heard of but not many people know about. Those are usually places I keep in the back of my mind, gather what information I can and eventually, set out to find them. Hidden 56 kilometers southwest of Medicine Hat, Alberta on Highway 887, sits…
Continue ReadingThe Brooks Aqueduct
Traveling across southern Alberta on a dusty back road, I suddenly became conscious of a ditch at the side of the road, filled with water. There are many ditches that had pools of water in them but this water was different. Out in the open prairie, away from any water source, this ditch was full…
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