On November 5th I had to travel south Drumheller for the day. I had purchased a side of beef from a local farmer down there, and it was cut, wrapped and ready to be picked up. My friend Gerald came along for the ride and we planned to make a day of it, taking pictures as we went. Here in Edmonton we are still snow free, and although night time lows have now hit double digits once or twice, the days remain relatively mild. The high temperatures consistently make it up to just under the freezing mark, and some days just above. It was a different story as we travelled to the south. Not only was there a very heavy hoar frost, but there was also a dusting for fresh snow. The morning temperature was in the -15C range. We stopped at a few spots in the Rumsey Morraine, south of Stettler. We saw an enormous Golden Eagle that was hunting ducks near the edge of a frozen slough.
By around lunch time we headed into Drumheller. We had a quick bite to eat and then picked up my order from the butcher. Then we headed down the valley to the southeast to make some photographs. We stopped at the Hoodoos and spent an hour or so photographing them with fresh snow. It was the first time that I had seen them with fresh snow. Then later we continued on to the old railway bridge at East Coulee. After we finished making some photographs there, it was becoming obvious that we were quickly running out of daylight. We started heading for home, but not before making one last stop at Orkney viewpoint to catch the badlands in evening light, with the dusting of fresh snow. After that it was an uneventful three hour drive back home.
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