October 5, 2021
What a unique and untouched landscape we saw this week. No trees, no wind, hardly a sign of civilization. Silent and beautiful.
It's the sky, the contours of the land, the grasses, the rocks and the lichens and the rhythm of walking that we enjoy.
Autumn is the perfect time of year to hike these trails, not too hot and only a handful of people in the little prairie campground. Water was turned off for the season, but electricity and bathrooms were in operation and that's all we need.
There are 13,000 tipi rings recorded in the park. Here are two of them.
We hiked the 11 km Broken Hills Trail and several others. Do you think these chairs really belong on the hilltop here? They're a symbol of National Parks across the country but a friend who lives in the area says no, too red, too plastic, too intrusive.
I was ok with the chance to rest my feet and take in the spectacular long view.
If you get lonely and feel like you're on the moon you can visit the highly-populated prairie dog towns where you're guaranteed to see the curious creatures popping out from their holes to say hello.
We went to sleep that night looking up at the starriest black sky in the darkest of Canada's Dark Sky Preserves.
People come from across the country to experience this incredible sense of space and it's in our backyard, just a few hours south of Swift Current.
