BIGHORN WATERFALL
A trip to the mountains to a waterfall
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We begin our new journey! We were told that it would be exciting by a sign that warned us that we were entering grizzly bear territory :-)
After kilometers of roads, a view of the Red Deer River opened before us. We immediately stopped and ran down to photograph this beautiful river.
So that you too can admire the beauty, we will add a small fragment of the video from this picturesque place.
Gradually mountains began to grow around. And the lakes, surrounded by herds of cows, pleased us with their appearance.
The bridge over the Red Deer River caught our attention. We stopped the car and crossed this engineering structure on foot. On the way back we will cross it again. But about that later.
Advertising boards told us that in addition to grizzly bears, you can also meet Bigfoot here. We were interested in this news, but, unfortunately, we did not see him.
The road began to rise sharply and soon we reached an observation deck with an incredible view of the Red Deer River Valley. A huge stone was lying there, as if specially for romantic photos.
We stopped between the mountains to read the information on the board. The good people warned us that we would be in the path of bison ahead if they migrated at this time.
Under the mountain, where many trees were burned, we discussed the fires in British Columbia and moved on.
And so we got to Bighorn Campground. It turned out that we are visiting such a place for the first time. This is a camp where tourists come with their horses.
Especially for those who live in Alberta for a short time, we have photographed the rules of behavior in the territories where grizzly bears live.
And here there will be an unexpected plot twist: we went to the top to visit the Bighorn waterfall. But the unrealistic heat of 30 degrees Celsius and gravel falling from under our feet made us think: is it worth going further? This is not the first time we have asked ourselves this question when we are near a key point of the journey. And if we cannot repeat this trip (for example, we are in Sicily and we fly home tomorrow), then we overcome internal resistance and go to the goal. And if a visit is possible and we like the nature around, then we leave a visit to this attraction for the next time. Here is a photo of lingonberries from that trail, where we will definitely return later.
We returned to the campground and decided to explore it in detail. First we saw a horse tied to a truck.
The classic place for rest with horses looks like this: a place for a trailer, a table, a fire pit, a horse feeder.
There is a manger for oats near each trailer location.
Groups of riders passed us here and there.
There were horses grazing everywhere on the Camp. And they were all wonderful.
We took a goodbye photo of one of the horses and went home.
The scenery on the way home was just as fantastic. Thank you Alberta, thank you Canada, for such beauty!
As usual, the weather changed quickly, heavy clouds flew in, but we still stopped and photographed the nature of Alberta.
The source of the Red Deer River is the Panther River. Here we say goodbye to the picturesque Panther, because further on it becomes part of the Red Deer River.
We arrived at that bridge over Red Deer that we remembered earlier, drove over a wooden deck and found ourselves in a day-use area where tables, a terrace and toilets were prepared for visitors. We laid out our picnic lunch overlooking the river.
I went ashore to photograph the wooden bridge from the other side
In the car window, we managed to notice a beautiful cliff that cut the water current of Red Deer in half. We turned around and despite the approaching evening, we decided to take a walk along the shore.
A photo on the river in the rays of the evening sun is always good.
A separate adventure from our journey, we consider the exit of the mustang from the forest to meet us. A proud horse with a fierce expression in his eyes was ready to rush into battle with us, so we cautiously rode around him and discussed for a long time the differences in the fate of domestic horses and wild ones.
We briefly said goodbye to such a masterpiece river as Red Deer and directed our car towards our town.
For those who want to repeat our route, we attach a map of our trip. If something we have not told in great detail - ask your questions in the comments to the article.
The sun was setting and illuminating the fields where the harvest had already been harvested. We made a special stop to take a picture, which shows that autumn is already gradually coming to Alberta.
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