Writing On Stone Provincial Park
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At first I though the Sweetgrass Hills were the mountains. They are pretty close to mountains, but they just rise up out of the prairies like pimples - not connected to anything else. All the mountains I'm used to are in ranges (except Crowsnest Mountain) Anyway, I found them pretty spectacular. They had special significance to the Blackfoot Indians, and other tribes on the great plains, and I can see why. So anyway, we're driving roughly towards the hills, and then suddenly the prairie disappears from beneath us, and there is the Milk River and lots of hoodoos.
Writing on Stone Provincial Park is an amazing place. There is a great little nature trail that winds through the hoodoos that is well worth the time if you have an hour or two. It starts at the main campground by the river and makes its way over to the old (and unfortunately new) petroglyphs that adorn a rock wall a little way up the river. The petroglyphs are really not much to see. They are really worn down, and people have carved their names next to them, so now they are behind a big cage. But despite barely being able to make them out, there is a sense of history and drama to the place. There are many interpretive signs that talk about how this place was used by the natives, and to still see traces of that so much later is fascinating. However, the real treat here is the landscape. I'd love to canoe down the milk river some time. Just seeing this little section of the river was great, but unfortunately we only had a couple hours in this place where we could have spent days.
Writing on Stone Provincial Park is an amazing place. There is a great little nature trail that winds through the hoodoos that is well worth the time if you have an hour or two. It starts at the main campground by the river and makes its way over to the old (and unfortunately new) petroglyphs that adorn a rock wall a little way up the river. The petroglyphs are really not much to see. They are really worn down, and people have carved their names next to them, so now they are behind a big cage. But despite barely being able to make them out, there is a sense of history and drama to the place. There are many interpretive signs that talk about how this place was used by the natives, and to still see traces of that so much later is fascinating. However, the real treat here is the landscape. I'd love to canoe down the milk river some time. Just seeing this little section of the river was great, but unfortunately we only had a couple hours in this place where we could have spent days.