Fort MacLeod was the first fort set up by the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) in the 1870s. Sent west to bring law and order to an area plagued by whiskey trading and outlaws the NWMP later became "The Mounties". The original force was about 270 strong initially but gained a widely known reputation.
The area around Fort MacLeod is still fairly flat and we headed west again towards the more southern part of the Rockies and Peter Loughheed Provincial Park.
Mountains and lake in the Park.
Despite it being Mid- September, Elaine got a touch of spring fever and had a little dance in the creek.
A little further downstream and it was very tranquil.
Hay bales stretched for miles as we travelled down highway 22.
On our last day in Alberta we saw real cowboys on horses hearding cattle!!
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