September 10, 2010Showing 1-41 of 412604 visitsAlbum by Bob KorolukPhotos by Bob Koroluk
1 Field of bales, South Saskatchewan
2 Buffalo Jump. It is hard to tell, but we are standing on the edge of a cliff where Indians used to run buffalo off.
3 Buffalo Jump
4 Big Muddy Lake in southern Saskatchewan
5 Crossing Big Muddy lake on a gravel road SE of Minton, SK
6 Although it looks like water, this is actually mud. Big Muddy Lake is a shallow alkali lake that was mostly mud on the part of the lake we passed over.
7 A weird rock formation in the distance
8 CASTLE BUTTE
9 Approaching Castle Butte from the West
10 Castle Butte is a free standing formation left over from the ice age
11 Castle Butte is so impressive that it takes your breath away
12 Castle Butte has a circumference of .5km and and a height of 60m.
13 That is about as far into the cave as Bob wanted to venture
14 Castle Butte has many caves
15 Bob attempts to climb to the top and gets about 1/2 way
16 Bob discovers that going up is easier than coming down
17 Barb only makes it about 1/4 of the way up before turning back
18 A prairie dog makes Castle Buttte his home
19 Another of the many caves
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21 The weather has carved interesting shapes on the sides of Castle Butte
22 You could see nests scattered in holes in the rock
23 Enjoying the day and the scenery
24 Hard to see, but there is a giant spider web in this crevase
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26 One of the many weird formations on Castle Butte
27 Ancient Indian carvings in the rock....haha
28 Just goofing around
29 Copycat!
30 A mushroom pokes out of the hard sandy soil on the east side of the butte
31 It was surprising to see mushrooms in this dry sandy soil
32 The landscape of the badlands surounding Castle Butte
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34 St Victor's Petroglyphs south of the town of St. Victor
35 It is believed that these carvings were created anywhere from 300 to 600 years ago by aboriginal people
36 If you look closely, you can see a face shape carved into the stone at the center top of the photo
37 The view from the petroglyphs was amazing
38 Can you spot the eagle shape of the cliff formation
39 You can see Scout Lake in the background
40 Just a few of the many Mule Deer we spotted during the day
