Whoop-Up In Lethbridge

Due to unforeseen circumstances , mainly the weather in BC and Alberta including mudslides, avalanches, Micks mentor trip over the Rockies did not go ahead, hopefully he will be going next week.

Wolf , Kelvin, Javi and Inga are now rolling, good luck guys, I am sure we will meet up again somewhere on our travels.

In the meantime me and Mick have been out and about getting some exercise in Lethbridge, including a walk down to Fort Whoop-Up.
These pictures were taken in the valley behind the hotel, where both the High Bridge, the Oldman River and the Fort are to be found.

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This is the frozen up Oldman River.

These two pictures below were taken towards the East of Lethbridge, and yes, there is a car under the bottom picture.




We have been sitting in the hotel for nearly six weeks now, and as nice as it is (the company is quite rightly paying for it, till the training is over) we are itching to get down the road and start earning a crust.

Today is the first time in the weeks that we have been here that the temperature has risen enough to start melting the snow, and we went for another walk in the valley in a balmy six degrees.
Watching a train going over the High Bridge today, I saw it reach the other end (one mile and forty seven feet long) , and then kept my eye on the last wagon which was on the bridge, and that one nearly reached the other end before we saw the end of the train, so we reckon it was almost two miles in length!
I will post some pictures of the Fort tomorrow.