January 17, 2009

• warming temps and melting snow…

  We’re having a Chinook.  The temperature is forecast to reach 16 celcius today and tomorrow.  And think of the muck that is going to be about from all the snow we had!

  However it did mean that we were able to get out of the house with the monsters with out having to put on layers and layers of warm clothes.  We did have a lovely walk through Fish Creek Park and got to realize how diverse the area is geographically.  We typically start our journeys in the park (all of twice that we have been there!) at Lake Sikome and wander the trails about there (there are paved and gravel trails) and down by the Bow River.  This time we went down a different path and found our way in to a small valley the just seemed to open up as we came a across a bridge and around a corner.  I should say that each area of the park is as different from the others not only geographically, but for its historic significance.  The area we had come upon was once the Bow Valley Ranch.  I have to say, while there was not much left of the ranch and the info centre was closed, it was still an awe inspiring view and to know that people had tried and succeeded to have a working ranch in such an area.  Now logistically speaking, it would have been a profitable ranch as the Bow River is not far so there would be little concern about drought in the hot summers, but I know about living with the frigid temps we have, and there would not be exceptional shelter to aid against the wind and blowing snow.  Nor the burning hot dryness of the scorching summer sun.  But the early pioneers perservered and suceeded and now we have a great city that has its own diverse life.

  Something that has made me go “hmmmm”….

   

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