Hardy Campers

Travelling to our destination.

We watched the clouds closely.

A Stubborn Bull in the middle of the road.

 

 We went boondocking for a few days before the August Day long weekend. We set up camp in one of our favourite places.

   

 We enjoy this location since it is quiet, hidden by woods, close to the river, and away from the gravel road.

 

It is near Limestone Mountain, in Alberta, Canada.

By the river was a bench that someone had built.

We sat by the river and had our morning coffee in our pyjamas. 

 

From the river, we saw Blue Jays, heard honking Geese fly overhead and witnessed a family of walking geese. Because their goslings can't fly until up to 10 weeks after birth, geese walk instead of flying.

 

Erik enjoyed every moment of camping.

 

 Only the final evening's thunderstorm with hail marred the otherwise excellent weather.

 

We had a visit from one of the wild horses.

 

 

  “Our study involving the samples from Wild Horses, submitted by volunteer donors has revealed some extremely interesting results. Here’s what we do know. Our horses here in Alberta, are not of “Canadian Horse” decent, such as the ones studied by the same researchers in the Brittany Triangle, in B.C.. However, the most interesting connection is that just like the horses in the Chilcoltins, both studies show a connection to Russian breeds. The B.C. horses show markers indicating a connection to the Yakut, from Siberia, and our horses here in Alberta, are showing strong markers indicating a connection to the Altai, breed from Russia.”– Help Alberta Wildies

Erik and hubby are on the quad.

 

 I'm not sure what this is, I tried Google's image search but I was unsuccessful. Can you identify this

plant?

    

 Panaeolus semiovatus (Sowerby) S. Lundell - Egghead Mottlegill Phylum: Basidiomycota - Class: Agaricomycetes - Order: Agaricales - Family: Insertae sedis (Not yet assigned) "Separating this Panaeolus from other members of the same genus is very straightforward, because this is the only common member of the clan that has a stem ring. (You need to look at young specimens, because the ring is fragile and sometimes falls or washes off at maturity.)"- First Nature

 

Erik is under the hammock.

View of the trees from the hammock.

 

 We are quite comfortable under our Ozark Trail 10 FT X 10 FT Slant Leg Instant Setup Canopy / Gazebo for shade and protection from the rain.

   

We had fun stringing up some fairy lights in the hammock's ridge line.

They are battery-operated and we purchased them at the dollar store.

Don't they look magical?

As the nights grew chilly, we sat by the fire.

We find the fire very relaxing.

The abandoned culvert that Hubby found worked beautifully.

Cattle Grazing on leased Crown land.  

Be careful where you walk!

My husband found a coal seam close by.

 

On our last evening, we experienced a thunderstorm. It sounded like a train was approaching, and it appeared to be a sandstorm, but it was actually hail. Fortunately, the hail was small, so we suffered no harm beyond the inconvenience of getting everything wet. 

 

Our rig was the smallest of the 50 we counted arriving over before the weekend. Some campers even showed up during a hailstorm; the closest ones to us were around 300 meters distant.

 

The fact that the hail had melted and the sun shined the following morning made it possible for us to go without incident and made us very glad.

Our Jayco 2022 JAY FLIGHT 174BH Baja has plenty of clearance and 15″ off-road tires.

Although it doesn't appear so, the ground is actually fairly uneven.

A ramp that my husband keeps on the truck is used to load the quad into it.  The quad is standing on an ATV Riser. Although the tailgate cannot close, the truck's back is secured. Behind the back window is a headache rack.

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