This cache has been placed for the CARMH 10 event with the intention that it not be located prior to 6 PM, Friday, Aug. 16th. The caches for the CARMH 10 event are released early so that the geocaching community has an opportunity to plan their routes prior to the event start. Bring a writing stick!
Farming is a pretty amazing profession. I have a great appreciation of farmers and the long hours and hard work that goes into their crop. Still, after all the hard work is done and expenses put into the dryland, it is sometimes still uncertain if there will be enough rain to yield a crop.
This mini trail of caches is a Crop Tour of some dryland in the Palliser Triangle.
Captain John Palliser launched an expedition in the mid-1800s to study this area and its potential for agriculture. He described it as a desert or semi-desert, almost uninhabitable because of its arid conditions. Southeast Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan are the driest parts of the Canadian Prairies. The Triangle, like much of the Canadian and American Prairies, was struck by the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. This was caused, in large part, by a decrease in precipitation as well as longstanding flawed farming practices. There are a lot of ghost towns within the Palliser Triangle area that didn’t survive during the Great Depression.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliser%27s_Triangle
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/where-and-what-is-the-palliser-s-triangle.html
I hope you enjoy the tour. The crops are always changed up from one year to the next. A lot of different crops are farmed in these fields. Take lots of pictures and share them here. It would be interesting to see the different seasons and crops as time goes on.
Please watch your footing as the ground is uneven. Please also look out for critters as you approach the cache.