Nature Strolls 2019

These are slow-paced, half-day outings to lovely local nature spots.

Spring Destinations: Eau Claire Trail, Forget-me-not Pond, Aspen Loop, Boulton Creek Dates: Fridays, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM June 7, 14, 21, 28 Fee: $140.00 (includes GST) (4 strolls)

Forget-me-not Pond (photo credit: albertaparks.ca)

Fall Destinations: McLean Creek, Tunnel Mountain Hoodoos*, Blue Rock Creek, Sibbald Lake Dates: Fridays, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM September 7, 14, 21, 28 Fee: $140.00 (includes GST) (4 strolls) *National Park pass needed

Hoodoos (photo credit: albertawow.com)

We need the tonic of wildness, to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk, and hear the booming of the snipe; to smell the whispering sedge where only some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest, and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground.