We headed back to Drumheller for the holiday weekend, to the same campground as before - so that we could meet up with friends. This time it was just Susannah and I, so she invited her friend Shania to join us. We were blessed with amazing weather again and it was a lovely weekend!
Some of the firepits around the campground - the picture doesn't do it justice - but a circle of campfires looks so lovely - and the smell and sound of crackling fires was lovely :)
Susannah with some of her friends from the campground:
Such a great group of kids - they helped set up the tent AND pack it up at the end - and as soon as we arrived they were at our site to see Susannah :)
There was a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers near our tent:
I spent a lot of time relaxing, journaling and reading in the sunshine:
Fed up teens as we were about to leave:
Sunset walk at Horsethief Canyon:
We drove out to Wayne - an old coalmining town - now a ghost town. The girls are sat in one of the old train carriages the miners would have ridden in down into the mine:
Scenes over Drumheller and area from Orkney Viewpoint,
including the Red Deer River:
Drumheller doesn't compare to the Rockies and the beautiful views there, BUT it is majestic in its own way - and feels soooo full of history. The town itself is pretty run down and there isn't much there - but in some ways that is a good thing - less to do, so more time to spend relaxing, hiking and appreciating what IS there - and what IS there is quality! Like the Atlas Coal Mine and Royal Tyrell Museum.
And the hills of the Badlands are amazing - with their stripes and shapes :) You really CAN imagine dinosaurs living there!!
The kids have already said they want to go back next year - and we have plans for one more trip before camping season is over for the year :)
