This collection of ball caps is located in southern Alberta, rolling ranch land… 
The Fence of a Thousand Hats, 
on the Cowboy Trail just outside Longview, 
Local rancher Lorne Fuller has decorated his fence posts his unique roadside attraction stretches for several kilometers....
It has been a while since I have blogged but thought these photos and notes will give my readers an idea of what southern Alberta foothills and ranching country is like….
Last leg of recent road trip returning from British Columbia through the Crowsnest Pass
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in Rockies mountains and up Highway 22, also known as “Cowboy Trail”.
At 8 PM Tuesday on July 3, 2012 ...Cranbrook to Fernie drive was windy and a solid downpour! Therefore I checked into a pet friendly motel here in Fernie and headed out in the morning to Edmonton....this was the sun I woke up to on Wednesday morning continental breakfast!
Apparently some people do....sign at hotel continental breakfast this morning.
Gassed up in Sanford BC and headed east...
the Crownest Pass is the route also to Ft. MacLeod and Lethbridge Alberta
Rolling foothills and Rocky Mountains to the west 
Not far from Calgary, Alberta, and just east of the Crowsnest Pass, 
lies the small, bustling town of Frank, Alberta, nestled on the floor of a deeply-glaciated valley. Looming menacingly nearby is Turtle Mountain. Also nearby is a scene of a destruction of such magnitude that it has never been equaled! 
In the early morning hours of April 29, 1903, Turtle Mountain collapsed, resulting in the greatest landslide in North American history. In 100 seconds: at least 76 people were buried alive under tons of massive limestone boulders; three-quarters of the homes in Frank were crushed like balsa wood; over a mile of the Canadian Pacific Railroad was completely destroyed; and a river became a lake.
Frank Slide disaster was the largest mining accident in the history of Alberta.
Hiked the trail with the dogs ..1-2 KMs and up and down from parking lot to Interpretive Center.
Dogs leashed together..
Neat igneous rock...originally volcanic area 
and Blue lupines 
Trail signs..spent 1.5 hours but could have done more 
Site of Frank Slide, Bellevue Mine Explosion and Hillcrest Mine disaster....
What can I say expect seemed like at least 500 meters of fencing with baseball caps in the top of each post.
Spare baseball cap...
.great for fence posts as seen here on ranch just south of Longview..
Nanuq curious about our stop
Broad ranching country and…Followed Highway 22 right up to Olds and Sundre, Alberta
Longview Alberta...great beef jerky 
Mural on wall of MacKay’s ice cream
in Cochrane AB... well developed older downtown area
PLEASE! 
A number of children wanted to pat dogs and I said eat your cones first!
Prairie sun set just south of Red Deer about 9 PM.
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