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Published: November 30th 2020
Our meet-up in
Edworthy Park brought together 17 C hikers for a brisk day draped in vibrant fall colours. Following our leader, Dee, we warmed up in the sunshine as we walked through the park’s playground out to the pathway along the Bow River.
The deep yellow grasses were punctuated with sparse, bright-red leaves on Saskatoon bushes, mostly stripped of their dark-blue berries by now. At a different life-stage, bunches of red berries adorned Elder bushes, still draped in pale green leaves. Suddenly our reveries were startled by the blaring horn of a freight train that roared and rattled close beside the walking path.
At the bottom of the escarpment, we meandered through nameless woods. Golden leaf-litter led us into magical scenes of reds, oranges, and yellows affixed to dark branches and light poplar trees. To our surprise, a little brook trickled under the leaves and strewn rocks. The path rose steeply, reminding me of mountain walks where roots and rocks provided both traction and traps.
Crossing over to
Shouldice Park, we followed the Bow River Pathway. Beavers had recently been active, and maybe still were, because tall trees had been toppled and some already chopped up by
their strong teeth. Where their lodge was, we couldn’t see. What we could see, across the River, was our morning’s path in the natural landscape that has avoided the city’s imprint high above.
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Isabel Gibson
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Impressionistic
I think your Autumn Tunnel is in my top-10 favourites of your photos. Lovely. This is a great idea - both the City parks set aside from development and your hiking club's exploration of the trails.