It is, of course, all worth it. Cactus blossoms are far too pretty to be left unphotographed.
They were the reason I was out on the prairie but it’s not like I ever really need an excuse to go there. The native grassland of southern Alberta is pretty much my favourite place to roam. The cactus blossoms are just a bonus.
But they were a bonus I was actually looking for so I headed for the prairie along the Red Deer River near Gem to find them.
I’d started off the day in Okotoks at an opening I was invited to of a display of Indigenous dresses and other clothing at the Okotoks Museum and Archives be sure to check it out if you’re in town and considered heading further west to do some fishing once I’d toured the exhibit.
On The Road with Mike Drew: Paying a price for the shots
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