A Smashing Good Time
In addition to 48 National Parks, Canada is home to a few World Heritage Sites. A few are conveniently in Southern Alberta; Dinosaur Provincial Park, Waterton, the Rocky Mountain Parks, Writing on Stone and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. As you may have noticed, many these have been stops on this autumn's journey. Growing up and living my whole life in Alberta, it would be easy to take for granted all these amazing places that we have in our back yard. On a global and political scale Canada is a young country. We lament not having an old architectural history like Europe. We forget how rich our prehistory and natural history is. One of my goals with my travels and this blog is to appreciate what we have close to home. For an armchair archeologist like myself, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a "must see" place. I have been here several times, but I have been discovering that in different stages of life, your experience is unique. Perspective, knowledge and point of view cha...