Another rainy day

Yesterday, 18 June 2013, a few of us spent the day out at Bow Valley Provincial Park, west of Calgary, on the very eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. This area is a well-known location for birds and especially wildflowers. Unfortunately, it rained for almost the whole time we were out there, while we walked all round Middle Lake (seen in my photo above), then walked to and around Many Springs and then back to the cars at Middle Lake. From there, we drove down to the River and, as the sun was now out, we did just a short walk through the trees along the river's edge. Lol, I was totally exhausted by the time I got home - I'm used to slow-paced walks/hikes, stopping all the time to take photos. Yesterday was (for me) a fast-paced hike, which my body can't cope with, ha. Managed to get this photo of a view across Middle Lake taken when we were almost back to the cars and the weather brightened. During our walk round this lake, we saw two Loons, which was a treat. Needless to say, they were right out in the middle of the water, much too far to get even a half-decent shot. Posting my "daily three" late morning, as I needed to sleep as long as I could after yesterday's exercise : )

We have a Weather Alert in place at the moment - heavy rainfall warning.
Just before 10:00 p.m. - wow, thunder, lightning, torrential rain!
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