Plantwatch

April 16, 2012, walk in West Lethbridge, solo.

I started around noon and after a minor backtrack I walked directly to the University of Lethbridge. My main goal was to find a Geocache.

I photographed a big spider and I found Prairie Crocus and Moss Flox just beginning to bloom. I made some notes on the Prairie Crocus for Plantwatch.

 http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/plantwatch/

I then found the Geocache.

 http://www.geocaching.com/guide/default.aspx

I signed the Geocache log and left a carabineer in it.

The area east of the U of L is coulees and river breaks. During this walk I ascended and descended several moderate to steep slopes. This was the first time I had walked significant slopes since my surgery and I seemed to do okay.

I finished this walk between 4 and 4:30 PM

Distance: 12.1 km

Time: 3 hr. 33 min. moving, 30 min stopped.

Total ascent is shown as 1093 ft which surprises me but then I did go up and down the coulees a bit. Max. Elev. 3134 ft.