Saturday, 30 July 2016

Banff trail ride day three

Another rainy day, though by the time we'd had breakfast and got on the horses, it had slowed to a misty rain. We hadn't gone far when we arrived at the Stoney creek warden station - years ago park wardens and their families would live full time in the park, in small cabins.
The park warden lived here with his wife and son
And on we went, stopping again for lunch beside the river, riding back to another corral near town. It was a great ride, despite the clouds and rain - a wonderful group, a great guide and good, sure-footed horses. We saw lots of wildflowers, some of which I could identify, lots of deer, one rabbit, a heron, and a Spruce grouse. No bears, thank heavens!
Denver, my horse for the three days

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