Southern Alberta

Can anyone say rolling hills? How about what looks like golf courses on steroids? How about farmland and ranches? How about Alberta beef? Texans think they have ranches, oh no! Canadians, now they have ranches. Grasslands so vast it indescribable. We just left an area that has the most turquoise waters and mountains that touch the sky. Now we are seeing green grass, the color of springtime grass and rolling hills that go beyond the horizon. The green is different than the forest green that we have been in. The colors range from sunflower yellow, to yellow-green to a moss green to sage so lush it calls to you to lay and roll in it. On one side of the road the hills rolls on forever,       and on the other, they roll until they meet the mountains.  This is beef and feed country and it appears they feed their beef well. This is Southern Alberta.

We drove for a few hours in the beautiful green valley of rolling hills. We we wondering where we would stay for the night since there really hasn’t been to many safe pull offs on the road. We have passed a few small towns but still we were wondering where and Tommy was getting tired. It looked like we were coming to another town because we were seeing a few road signs showing gas and food was available. I caught another showing other services and what do I see on that sign? Walmart 2 km away! Who’d ever think we would stumble on a town large enough for a Walmart from where we have been driving. There has got to be a lot happening around this area and tomorrow we are going to find it. Tonight offered us a spectacular sunset at 9pm.