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Big Muddy Trip
Trip to the Big Muddy and area
Date(s): September 10, 2010. Album by Bob Koroluk. Photos by Bob Koroluk. 1 - 41 of 41 Total. 668 Visits.
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Field of bales, South Saskatchewan

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Buffalo Jump.  It is hard to tell, but we are standing on the edge of a cliff where Indians used to run buffalo off.

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Buffalo Jump

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Big Muddy Lake in southern Saskatchewan

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Crossing Big Muddy lake on a gravel road SE of Minton, SK

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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.

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A weird rock formation in the distance

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CASTLE BUTTE

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Approaching Castle Butte from the West

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Castle Butte is a free standing formation left over from the ice age

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Castle Butte is so impressive that it takes your breath away

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Castle Butte has a circumference of .5km and and a height of 60m.

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That is about as far into the cave as Bob wanted to venture

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Castle Butte has many caves

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Bob attempts to climb to the top and gets about 1/2 way

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Bob discovers that going up is easier than coming down

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Barb only makes it about 1/4 of the way up before turning back

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A prairie dog makes Castle Buttte his home

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Another of the many caves

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The weather has carved interesting shapes on the sides of Castle Butte

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You could see nests scattered in holes in the rock

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Enjoying the day and the scenery

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Hard to see, but there is a giant spider web in this crevase

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One of the many weird formations on Castle Butte

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Ancient Indian carvings in the rock....haha

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Just goofing around

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Copycat!

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A mushroom pokes out of the hard sandy soil on the east side of the butte

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It was surprising to see mushrooms in this dry sandy soil

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The landscape of the badlands surounding Castle Butte

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St Victor's Petroglyphs south of the town of St. Victor

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It is believed that these carvings were created anywhere from 300 to 600 years ago by aboriginal people

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If you look closely, you can see a face shape carved into the stone at the center top of the photo

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The view from the petroglyphs was amazing

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Can you spot the eagle shape of the cliff formation

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You can see Scout Lake in the background

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Just a few of the many Mule Deer we spotted during the day

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Old log house in St. Victor, SK

 
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