The people who live there are called "Hatters". Isn't that fantastic?
Anyways, I went out there yesterday to spend the day with a friend, and had a great time. I associate The Hat with, well, pick-ups, chewing tobacco, and cowboy boots. And we did encounter a bit of that - minus the chew, thankfully - but we also managed to locate a couple of really interesting restaurants, and to find the COOLEST tree to take some pictures of.
The tree was kind of by accident. You see, Medicine Hat is the home of the world's tallest teepee. With, coincidentally, the world's worst paintings on it. In any case, it really is worth a visit, and so we decided, since neither of us had spent much time there before, to visit it. Captivating as it is, the thrill only lasts so long, so we decided to wander down into the ravine/gully/valley thing behind it and take a look.
Definitely worth the look. Hope you like the pictures... there are a couple more here.
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Are my eyes playing tricks? Does that tepee have its sun roof down, or is that actually the world's BEST painting?
It seems to have been a victim of rather poor planning. They made it the size of a rather large building and then realized that they couldn't find a buffalo big enough to provide the cover. Sad, but true. Well, not necessarily true, but it might be.
And all the buffaloes in Alberta heaved a sigh of relief:
"They can't find ONE buffalo big enough for that thing!"
That's why we need more growth hormones in livestock. To cover the world's largest teepee!
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