Saturday afternoon – Cypress Hills Winery and Park
Sunday morning – Checkerboard Hill and South Saskatchewan River Walk
Itinerary
Base camp
The Fox Den Motel
Ingebright Lake
Hypersaline lake – salinity 160 pptArea <1 sq kmLargest Na2SO4 deposit in N. AmericaIn excess of 40m thickOver 100 million tonnesOwned by Sask MineralsPresently mothballed
Ignore the photographer- Note the foot holes!
Owen demonstrating thecorrect sweep net technique
Did I finish my beer already?
Quite likely brine flies (Ephydra [hians?])
The Great Sand Hills
The intrepid explorers
Where has everybody got to?
….. The sand boarders
….. and the collectors
Ghost (C. lepida)
Festive (C. scutellaris)
Oblique (C. tranquebarica kirbyi)
Sandy (C. limbata nympha)
Ant hill climbing
Hornworm parasitised by braconid
Blumenheim: St Peter & Paul Catholic Church and grotto
Cypress Hills Winery Visit – purpose to collect leafhoppers, of course!
Cypress Hills Park – Conglomerate Cliffs, looking northwest