#okotokserratic

[shimeiren]

Collect moments, not things! . . . #OkotoksErratic #TheBigRock #GlacialErratics #VacationMode #SoulSisters #FriendsForLife #FamilyTrip #Summer2021 #roadtrip #adventuresofmeiren (at Okotoks Erratic - the Big Rock) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTOJ1OUFtuM/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thegreatcanadianadventure-blog]

🇨🇦 Glaciers are powerful ice flows with enough strength to move mountains! Big Rock is a glacial erratic made of quartzite and quartzitic conglomerate that began as part of a landslide in the Athabasca River valley. It was carried on the top of a glacier, later ice stream, to its present resting place outside of Okotoks, Alberta. One fascinating feature of this erratic is the large split down the centre. A Blackfoot legend describes how this happened: “One hot summer day, Napi, the supernatural trickster of the Blackfoot peoples, rested on the rock because the day was warm and he was tired. He spread his robe on the rock, telling the rock to keep the robe in return for letting Napi rest there. Suddenly, the weather changed and Napi became cold as the wind whistled and the rain fell. Napi asked the rock to return his robe, but the rock refused. Napi got mad and just took the clothing. As he strolled away, he heard a loud noise and turning, he saw the rock was rolling after him. Napi ran for his life. The deer, the bison and the pronghorn were Napi's friends, and they tried to stop the rock by running in front of it. The rock rolled over them. Napi's last chance was to call on the bats for help. Fortunately, they did better than their hoofed neighbours, and by diving at the rock and colliding with it, one of them finally hit the rock just right and it broke into two pieces.” (Wikipedia) This legend explains why the rock is split into two pieces and also, why bats have squashed faces. This is a cautionary tale; providing helpful advice against taking back what you have freely given away to another. The Blackfoot people used Big Rock for both a landmark and as a medicine rock through the centuries. (Photo - Brad Russell) #okotoks #erratic #okotokserratic #bigrock #legend #blackfoot #lettheadventurebegin #thegreatcanadianadventure #canadiangeography #canadianhistory #homeschooling #homeschooled #homeschooler #unschooling #unschooled #unschooler #subscriptionkit #subscriptionkitsforkids #educationaladventure #explorecanada #comewithus #curatedcurriculum #canadiansocialstudies #letthemlearn #historicalthinking #criticalthinking #seriousaboutscience #learning https://www.instagram.com/p/BmLde-rg3vY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19bewm9vcsfxz

[tfillion]

#okotoks #okotokserraticrock #okotokserratic #lovethiscountry🇨🇦 #lovealberta (at Okotoks, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoKilIulM7E/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ecv3rcv8zb42

[miniaturesparkles]

Eva with the Okotoks Erratic, or Big Rock. #okotokserratic #bigrock #landscape #nature

[tfillion]

#okotoks #okotokserratic #okotokserraticrock #beautifulsunshinyday #lovethiscountry🇨🇦 #lovealberta #ipic #ilove #isee (at Big Rock (glacial erratic)) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoKhtaVl15C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=185sjtcpp9yoj