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| A Woman's Directory For Travel and Life. WAVE Journey is your one stop online resource for women oriented businesses and services around the world. WAVE Journey is for every woman to enjoy. If you love to travel, cook, read or revel in outdoor activities this website is for you. If you are looking to connect with other like-minded women or if you are interested in finding businesses or services that cater to women, WAVE Journey is your number one online resource. Hoodoo Hunting in Alberta ~ Article by Cherie Thiessen Continued on next page. |
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We were no larger than specks of pepper
in the dinosaur’s mouth. Drumheller really
does have the largest dinosaur on the
planet. At 26.2 metres (86 ft. tall) the
Tyrannosaurus Rex peers down at the
town from almost every vantage point.
Fortunately it knows its place.
in the dinosaur’s mouth. Drumheller really
does have the largest dinosaur on the
planet. At 26.2 metres (86 ft. tall) the
Tyrannosaurus Rex peers down at the
town from almost every vantage point.
Fortunately it knows its place.
Rex was born in October eight years ago
and since then has been daily injesting
hundreds of tourists. We hoped it had
just eaten, as we crept up its ‘intestines’
- 106 steep, shadowy and eerie stairs,
with the sounds of the prehistoric swamp
pulsing around us as threateningly as our
hearts. We survived to stand agape in
the beast’s jaws.
and since then has been daily injesting
hundreds of tourists. We hoped it had
just eaten, as we crept up its ‘intestines’
- 106 steep, shadowy and eerie stairs,
with the sounds of the prehistoric swamp
pulsing around us as threateningly as our
hearts. We survived to stand agape in
the beast’s jaws.
Even without dinosaurs, though,
Southern Alberta’s Badlands are jaw
dropping. We’d come across them
suddenly, an unexpected, twisting dip in
and out of a dusty coulee, a startling
glimpse of hoodoos skewered on the
wasteland, a mini grand canyon abruptly
dropping away from the road.
Southern Alberta’s Badlands are jaw
dropping. We’d come across them
suddenly, an unexpected, twisting dip in
and out of a dusty coulee, a startling
glimpse of hoodoos skewered on the
wasteland, a mini grand canyon abruptly
dropping away from the road.
We’ve seen those hoodoos advertising
this edgy part of Southern Alberta, those
eroded pillars of soft rock that have
become a provincial symbol. To see them
in situ, though, is extreme degrees of
‘cool’. The hoodoos at Willow Creek, for
example, have loitered here for
this edgy part of Southern Alberta, those
eroded pillars of soft rock that have
become a provincial symbol. To see them
in situ, though, is extreme degrees of
‘cool’. The hoodoos at Willow Creek, for
example, have loitered here for
thousands of years, although it seems they may be forced to move on soon. The
mushroom-shaped caps protecting the structures from erosion are dissolving, and in some
cases have disappeared. Once this happens, the hoodoo is doomed to disintegration.
mushroom-shaped caps protecting the structures from erosion are dissolving, and in some
cases have disappeared. Once this happens, the hoodoo is doomed to disintegration.
That thought is sobering, but exciting too because it’s this selfsame sandstone erosion that
makes the Badlands the perfect place for dinosaur diving. Formed 70 to 75 million years ago,
and covered by rivers, swamps, marshes, and forested flood plains extending east to a
shallow sea, this area had a climate like present-day Florida, making it a perfect home for its
dinosaur denizens. Only 10,000 to 15,000 years ago, the flooding waters of the last ice age’s
melting glaciers formed the Red Deer River Valley. Now the river whisks away about a half
centimeter of it every year. As the soft rocks erode however, fossils are uncovered.
makes the Badlands the perfect place for dinosaur diving. Formed 70 to 75 million years ago,
and covered by rivers, swamps, marshes, and forested flood plains extending east to a
shallow sea, this area had a climate like present-day Florida, making it a perfect home for its
dinosaur denizens. Only 10,000 to 15,000 years ago, the flooding waters of the last ice age’s
melting glaciers formed the Red Deer River Valley. Now the river whisks away about a half
centimeter of it every year. As the soft rocks erode however, fossils are uncovered.
