Greenwater Highland trail
FTLComm - Greenwater Provincial Park - Monday, July 21, 2003
Sunday afternoon was cooler than it had been all week but perfect weather for a walk in the forest. There was a gentle breeze and the sky was filled with benign clouds. Greenwater Provincial Park's Highland Interpretive Trail is in two parts a short 1.4 kilometre loop and another 3.3 Kilometre trail up into the hills named after naturalist Dennis Hooper. Good pictures are made not taken, well that is my usual philosophy as I love to arrange the elements of an image to capture the essence of a place. With this set of pictures on the top picture is a creation where Judy caught me contemplating the trail on her Epson PhotoPC 500 which promptly had run its batteries dry. I wanted you to see the sign so I moved it into the foreground and used the background from my picture of the same scene but from a slightly different angle. I tell you this because all of the other images in this collection needed no enhancement. We had gone around the wonderful trail at Madge Lake at Duck Mountain Provincial Park and enjoyed the huge variety of birds and plants but this longer trail is of a different level, longer and leading one to consider the whole environment rather than the individual special elements that compose parts of the whole. Often experiences like this one transcend the sights and smells and are the manifestations of one's own thoughts. In this case the trail itself imposes thoughts and lead us onward. Though we set out just to enjoy the walk the berries were a special reward and at one point Judy decided perhaps they were addictive. Click on the images below to seem them full size and I would enjoy hearing any feedback you might like to pass on to me about these scenes.
A brook The trail begins beside a little stream that feeds into Greenwater lake 136 kb Timothy W. Shire July 20, 2003 HP 315 - - -	The Aspen Trail The trail moves through this tall aspen forest then climbs above the surrounding country over several hills and through a few swamps. 110 kb Judy Shire July 20, 2003 Epson PhotoPC 650 -	Berries and more berries We went from saskatoon bush to saskatoon bush turning our fingers purple and savouring the delight. But there were other berries we did not recognise and some raspberries and a few wild strawberries. 92 kb Timothy W. Shire July 20, 2003 HP 315
Beaver Lodge Messy folks these beaver, this was one of several lodges along the trail with its still pond. 91 kb Timothy W. Shire July 20, 2003 HP 315	Long View of Lodge Calling a beaver a rodent seem absurd. These characters are truly engineers with bad eating habits. 53 kb Timothy W. Shire July 20, 2003 HP 315	A meadow Birds and moths kept us company throughout our journey. 70 kb Timothy W. Shire July 20, 2003 HP 315
Could be a nest We are no experts but just out to see and share what we saw. This fabrication was a definite enigma. 79 kb Timothy W. Shire July 20, 2003 HP 315	Flowers The trail signs told of marvelous flowers but were not in colour. I need all the possible help available and for the most part haven't a clue but these looked great. 78 kb Timothy W. Shire July 20, 2003 HP 315	Large Swamp Yet another ecological creation by the fur coated chewers. Several damns backed up the water that formed the habitat for a whole world of life. 44 kb Timothy W. Shire July 20, 2003 HP 315
Swamp This image is of the same scene only different camera and photographer. There is a sort of mystery about a place like this and we were able to enjoy the mystery without having to swat mosquitoes. 73 kb Judy Shire July 20, 2003 Epson PhotoPC 650	Sweet hearts Oh I have seen these in pictures before but these little armed out of water fish clinging to one another are a marvel. 62 kb Timothy W. Shire July 20, 2003 HP 315	Sweethearts and forest I had to take two pictures of these things. 79 kb Timothy W. Shire July 20, 2003 HP 315
Berries There was enough for us, all future tourists and the bears. It is to be hoped that there are not enough for those nasty waxwings. They love fruit just as much as they using my van as a splash down area. 84 kb Timothy W. Shire July 20, 2003 HP 315	Windfall Though the woods were filled with retired trees this one met a violent end. 71 kb Judy Shire July 20, 2003 Epson PhotoPC 650	Timothy W. Shire
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