We came across about a hundred miles of rolling grain fields, watered by an extensive irrigation canal system using water from the snow and ice melt of the Rockies. The land got a bit more rolling about 10 miles from our destination.
We drove into the entrance road for Cottonwood Coulee Golf Course and RV Park and the land dropped away and this is what we saw. It is far prettier than I expected for the plains of Alberta.
The RV Park is tucked away in the cottonwoods near the clubhouse in the middle of the golf course.
It’s small and old with 10 sites backing up to the golf course parking lot…
and eleven sites across a lawn and along the creek.
The sites are tight and there’s not much room outside. But everyone has been so friendly and the area is so pretty that we don’t mind.
The little creek that keeps this place green is the Seven Persons Creek. And right next door in the coulee along the creek is another golf course.
Matey and I have enjoyed our walks. I like the scenery.
He likes the deer.
In the evenings the deer make themselves at home…
and they seem unfazed by people or dogs. The man was gathering up range balls, I think because the clubhouse was closed and he wanted to hit some balls. It’s a pretty laid back place.
Bud has been hitting balls on the range every day . He’s not sure he wants to play because his golf game is still so rusty. I hope he plays because they said I could ride along as a spotter and it’s such an interesting layout. The place where this was posted is not even the steepest cart path I’ve seen.
Medicine Hat is a very nice little city of about 100,000 along the South Saskatchewan River. It has a lot of green space, like Gilwell Park…
where we played a couple of rounds of disc golf.
There seem to be walking trails and bike paths everywhere.
Medicine Hat has a Junior Hockey League team, the Tigers. Bud says there are currently five NHL players who came up through Medicine Hat. Today we set out to find an official Medicine Hat Tigers shirt for Bud. We found they only sell them at the arena store and that was closed. But we did walk in and watch the end of team practice. They even had some music and were using the Jumbotron. I guess the folks that operate those things need practice, too.
I hope we continue to be happily surprised on our journey.
“The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
On the Roam Again 
That looks really pretty, Jill. How are the temps up there?
As of this morning, I’ve logged 180.92 miles since July 21st. This morning was warmer and I had to keep stopping and resting for a minute. I’ve started taking a wet washcloth in a baggy, but I didn’t have it wet enough this morning. We walked almost 6 miles, tho’.
How long will you be in Medicine Hat? Enjoy and keep safe. Lots of love, Judy
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They had record highs the past two days, I think it got to 96 today. They also had an air quality advisory from smoke blowing in from fires northwest of here in BC. Should only get to the high 80’s tomorrow. There’s been a breeze and it’s not humid, so not too bad. We leave Tuesday morning.
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Ooh, that smoke is awful. It’s supposed to be 111 today, 113 tomorrow and stay over 100 the rest of the week. I’ve still been getting out to walk, but started carrying a very wet washcloth in a baggy and when I start getting too warm, I can wipe myself down with the cloth. This morning it was 77 when we started out-an hour before the sun came up!
Always enjoy seeing where you are and your commentary
Safe travels. Love
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Nice, Jill Thanks for sharing your adventures!
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