Peaks along Highway 1A

One of the beautiful (zoomed-in) views seen from the Morley Mission site on Highway 1A, west of Cochrane. Unfortunately, I had to take this pretty much looking into the sun, as I was there later than I had hoped. My day yesterday reminded me of why I have only ever done this drive once before! After finally leaving the house three or four hours later than I would have liked, I then found myself stuck on Highway 8 (Glenmore Trail) behind a house that was being transported to a different location. Crawling along at 3-5 kmh, we had to wait while people long poles and truck "lifts" to raise every single electrical wire that crossed the highway so that the house could fit under them. My destination was the Grand Valley Road area, hoping that I might just be lucky enough to find one of the Great Grey Owls that are occasionally seen there. No luck - no owls, and not a single Hawk, either. Did see a beautiful Red Fox run across Grand Valley Road, but in the distance. Also saw a Coyote. A few kilometres of road were being re-paved, which was a real pain. One young woman with a Stop/Slow sign told me to drive on the newly paved side, which I questioned with her - but reckoned she must know what she was talking about. Got to the next stop and the guy told me I shouldn't have been driving on it! Go figure! When I got back to Highway 1A, I decided I'd drive west as far as the little white Morley Mission church. Such a neat setting - will post a photo of the tiny church another day. Total kms driven - 248. Total hours out - 5 and a half. Normally, I never drive this far, but really, really wanted to go again. Definitely out of my comfort zone, though!