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August 26, 2010
This walk was one of my long ones for this summer. I went west to the edge of the river, in Hawrelak Park, then south as far as the riding stables, then back home. A bit less than 3 hours. I used to walk in this area more often when I lived closer to it.
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I walked down these - glad I didn't have to go up them!
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This is the first, smaller, mini-wetland between the path and the riverbank
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This is the larger one. It's been wet this year, so this is bigger than it normally is.
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This third one is just across the path. It's not normally there.
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I was walking above the riding stables and looked down the slope and saw a smoothish open area. I thought "huh - could be a toboggan hill". Then I looked uphill and saw that it was. Someone is insane! Sorry, my thumb was entirely over the lens for the downhill shot.
Uphill
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Up the trail at that spot
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Down the trail at that spot
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I've come out at the back of the riding stables. Later, on the news, I heard that there had been a bear spotted in that area the day before I was there. No sign of it for me!
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After the above, I climbed straight up the now grassy slope, and took several shots as a panorama.
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A bit later, heading north, another good view. It was a minute before I figured out what all the stuff across the river is - it's the Valley Zoo.
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Walking along Saskatchewan Drive, someone is keeping an accessway to the edge of the river valley open.
House just across the road
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The view
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Looking back from the viewpoint
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Later, walking through the houses, I noticed lots of nuts on the road. They are from this nice oak
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A couple of days later, heading out on a cool day, I spotted this little fellow. I tried to get even closer, but he hopped off. I turned around and almost tripped over a white cat, which I petted, and told not to chase the bunny. :-)
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