Hi Hive Friends!
Fall for me is the best time of the year!
FALL AFTERNOON IN OKOTOKS
Warm days, cold nights, perfect weather to enjoy some hiking during the day, and wine and firepits in the evening…
Last weekend we drove to Okotoks, a town near Calgary, 20 minutes driving.
We love spending time in this cozy town, exploring the coffee shops, ice cream shops, trails and parks, and local art and wine shops.
This time, we went to Okotoks “Big Rock” Erratic, a Provincial Historic Park due to its geological and cultural importance to the region.
Some fun facts about the rock:
The name 'Okotoks' comes from the Blackfoot word 'óóhkotok' or 'okatok' which means 'rock'.
It measures about 9 meters tall, 41 meters long, and 18 meters wide.
The rock came to the townsite about 30,000 years ago, from the Athabasca River valley: it was carried out of the mountains on the glacial surface.
The Okotoks Erratic is an important location for many of the First Nation groups in the area but it is often associated with the Blackfoot First Nations and a story of Napi, the supernatural trickster, explaining how the rock got to its current resting place and why the rock is split down the middle.
When we arrived at the site, there are lot of information regarding the quartzite rock, including an interesting tail from the Blackfoot people who lived in the region:
The Rock That Ran: The Story of Napi
“In this Blackfoot story, Napi, or “Old Man” has been traveling on a hot day and begins to feel weary. Napi sits down on a rock for a rest and offers his robe as payment for sitting on the rock. Suddenly, the weather turns and it begins to rain, prompting Napi to take his robe back. The rock, unhappy to part with the robe, begins to chase Napi, so he calls on his friends and the animals to help him stop the rock. Napi calls on the Buffalo, the Deer, and the Antelope to help him stop the rock, but none succeed. Finally, Napi calls upon the nighthawks, a common species of bat, to stop the rock, and they succeed by dive-bombing the rock and splitting it in two. The story explains why bats have flattened faces, how the Okotoks Erratic came to be in its resting place, and why the erratic is split in two. The moral of the story is to never go back on your word, and not to take back what you have given.”Source: https://alberta.preserve.ucalgary.ca/sites/okotoks-erratic-big-rock
After so much fun trying to take ourselves back 30,000 years ago, we stopped at the 94 Take the Cake Shop to fulfill our energy.
It is a new coffee shop, with so many beautiful details and mouthwatering treats.
Inside the coffee shop, the décor seemed a “scratch”: we felt we were on a 3D storyboard.
Their outdoor patio is so well taken care of, it's such a place to sit, relax, and enjoy nature.
We ordered an Americano. Chocolate Pie to Dad, Vanilla Cupcake to the kid, and Mommy had the special fall “Pumpkin Cheesecake”.
And the dogs can also pick their treats!
Oh MY! What a gorgeous fall afternoon!
Thanks for reading.
Leave a message, I'll be glad to share.
Us3inCanada
Newcomer family to Canada
looks like a great end to quite an adventure 😄 that cafe looks interesting but the treats are definitely a color for the eyes 😋 thanks for sharing your awesome pics from this trip!
https://d.buzz
Thank you 😊
I loved this cafe, so different and pet friendly
It's a beautiful afternoon at rocks 😍
I enjoyed it a lot... thanks for sharing 🙏
Glad that you liked, yes, was a wonderful afternoon with family ❣️
Congratulations @us3incanada! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain And have been rewarded with New badge(s)
Your next target is to reach 4250 upvotes.
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPCheck out our last posts:
Travel Digest #2028.
Become part of our travel community:
- Join our Discord
Hiya, @livinguktaiwan here, just swinging by to let you know that this post made it into our Honorable Mentions in Your post has been manually curated by the @pinmapple team. If you like what we're doing, please drop by to check out all the rest of today's great posts and consider supporting other authors like yourself and us so we can keep the project going!Thank you so much!
happy that you liked my post.
:)
Wow, top photographs. The cakes look super good 😋
They are delicious
tks
Obrigado por promover a comunidade Hive-BR em suas postagens.
Vamos seguir fortalecendo a Hive
Congratulations, your post has been added to Pinmapple! 🎉🥳🍍
Did you know you have your own profile map?
And every post has their own map too!
Want to have your post on the map too?