Day 3: down and up to the Rockies
What a day! This wouldn’t be an adventure if things went perfectly! today was full of ups and downs, literally and figuratively. down in the canyons of Drumheller all the way up to the backcountry mountains of the Rockies
high above the canyon
the day started in an epic way as we woke up still atop the horse thief canyon, Tim had the great idea to take out his drone so we could take a look at a birds eye view of this natural wonder.
The Hoodoos
after leaving our questionably legal camp site we headed off to hike and explore the Hoodoos. These natural structures are flat rocks sitting on top of sand stone pillars. a very weird sight to see… but it fits with the beauty of the surrounding sandstone cliffs
Disaster Struck
Like all adventure that ever adventured things tend to go wrong at one point or another. with the dust of the badlands settling in, disaster struck when Tim’s camera body decided to fail as the shutter crumbled away.
Pictured to the left is the last picture ever taken with my trusty Canon 80D. You can clearly see the dust speck on the sensor which ended up being the cause of its demise.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Although very unfortunate, it means an upgrade is on the horizon! mixed emotion from sadness to excitement came about when we drove out to a BestBuy in Calgary to get a new and improved camera body, (the old one can hopefully still be repaired and sold) so at the end of the day life is good!
speaking of the end of the day.
we decided it was finally time to head out to the Rockies. took highway 1a westward bound and wow… i’m struggling to find the words to describe the feeling of seeing the Rockies slowly approaching in the distence for the first time. before weknew it we where hunched over looking at the towering mountains arround us. never have i seen something as massive, imposing and beautifull.
we where utterly enthralled in this foreign beauty
the continual question of where to sleep
we made it a point of this trip to try and minimize all unnecessary spending and a place to sleep is one of them! why pay for a hotel or camping when we have tents on our backs and endless wilderness surrounding us. after a few hours looking around and learning the incredibly complicated policies of public land camping in Kananaskis we ended up finding a nice trail off the highway with back country camping spaces, although still unsure of the legality of our stay it was a really really nice one out in the valley looking on at heart mountain towering over us
