Stop 42 Grasslands National Park, SK

We had our first rain free day in six weeks on the day we arrived.  Yeah!  The next day the temperature hit 97F.  Boo.  

No real native prairie grass is in the park.  This is a long term conservation project and good for Canada for establishing its only National Park devoted to grasslands.  For now, about 75% of Wyoming looks like this place.

The temperature continued to climb up each day.  We had had a nice, long hike after leaving early in the morning.  There was very little wildlife in the park.  It was nice and unexpected that there was power in the park.  The lines were buried from wherever they came which protected the scenery.  By having power, generators are kept out of the park, allowing for quiet at night.  That way we could hear the nighthawks as they hunted the skies for their dinner.

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