Cookies and Crayons

We are trying to live here like tourists. We want to see a lot of what Alberta has to offer and don’t want to get into a rut and realize after our time here that we missed a lot. So, we took a trip to Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. For those who don’t know, Scott has had a lifelong dream to go there – so we had to go.

Dougie and Scott check out one of the many buffaloes

There it is – this is *the* jump.

It was pretty cold that day. We thought tucking Connie into my jacket would be our best bet.

Here is the carpet in the center – Scott wants to put this into the house.

Since we had come so far already, we decided to head over to Frank Slide (click here for more information on Frank Slide). We hadn’t planned on the trip but it was only about an hour away and it sounded interesting. Nothing could have truly prepared us though. As we approached, all you could see was rock. In a matter of only a few minutes, all this rock fell and covered the town of Frank.

Again, our pictures leave some to be desired as the camera was still not fixed.

Turtle Mountain – the source of the slide

The rock

It was a long day but we’re so glad that we were able to go. On our way home, we saw a bear! There wasn’t time to get a picture (not that it likely would have turned out) as it darted across the road but it made the day for us.