Monday, October 9, 2023

Afternoon Drive West

I arrived out in Nordegg on the afternoon of Friday September 29th.  Hailey was already there when I arrived.  Originally she was planning to only be out for a few days, around her 21st. birthday.  But then when everyone back home got sick with Covid, she decided to stay a little longer and hopefully avoid getting infected.  I think it probably worked....?
On Saturday September 30th Hailey and I attended an information session put on by Clearwater County.  This was hosted at the Community Hall in Nordegg.  They were outlining the process by which the Land Use Bylaws will be revised and updated.  The current bylaws are over 20 years old and some things are no longer applicable, and some new issues are not properly addressed.  About 80 people showed up, and we were told that the turnout was significantly higher than at any of the other information centers at various locations around the County.  Obviously a lot of the people in Nordegg have concerns about the new bylaws.
After the meeting was over Hailey and I took an afternoon drive down the David Thompson Highway.  We drove as far as the Spreading Creek Burn, near the Banff National Park Boundary.  We stopped at one location and took a couple of photos of a Limber Pine.  After that we turned around and slowly made our way back towards Nordegg.  We made a stop at the Abraham Slabs camping area on the elbow of Abraham Lake.  But this point it was getting pretty cool and breezy.  We wandered around for a bit and then made our way back to the cottage.  









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