Scenic

These photos were taken on the drive up to Steeprock, Manitoba.  On the way back we stopped here and there and cut back across a few country roads.  It was a lovely autumn day for our jaunt out to the Interlake country. Above:  Old wooden doors on a shed flanked by some autumn coloured shrubs. Below:  An abandoned farmhouse, a lone bunch of wild asters growing in an open field, two black bullies in a pasture and some horses with braided manes.

Enjoy!

~Sharon

We took a drive out to Steeprock a few weeks ago just before all the leaves blew off the trees, about a 3 hour drive north of Winnipeg.  It was a lovely warm late summer day even on the open shores of Lake Manitoba and all the fall colours were evident.  The limestone rock formations here are a very popular spot for photographers.  Photos are a little deceiving however, because although these may look like high cliffs (photo above) they are really not that high – just the angle that the photo was taken at.  One thing in great abundance that day were garter snakes and I presume they were beginning to migrate back to their limestone sinkholes for the winter at Steeprock the same as they do in the Narcisse area.  Snakes were literally everywhere, swimming to shore from somewhere on Lake Manitoba, on the ground, on the smooth pebbled shore and sunning on the little rock ledges on the limestone “cliffs”.  If anyone has a great fear of these harmless snakes they would definitely not have enjoyed the day.

Below, some more photos of the rock formations and on the next post in a few days I’ll post the Steeprock garter snakes.

Enjoy!

~Sharon

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Walk on the Wild Side . . . rocks, ocean, surf, spray, rainforest and the scent of the ocean is what you will experience on this trail. In the winter this area has become popular for “storm watching”.  These photos are taken from the Lighthouse Trail which is just a small part of the larger Wild Pacific Trail.  Magnificent is all I can say.  Today a few photos from the Wild Pacific Trail.

There are signs posted here calling this area the “Graveyard of the Pacific” as many ships have been lost to storms on the rocky coast.

Enjoy!

~Sharon