Hello friends
I just got back from camping in Nordeg in the mountains for a few days it is serene and beautiful and remote.There are 2 main routes into the mountains west of us - to jasper west of Edmonton, and to Banff west of Calgary. Red Deer is halfway between Ed. and Cowtown, and Nordeg is east of it in the mountains.
They were reportedly goin to make Nordeg into a big city, but the coal mine got shut down due to flooding or something. I think there is a lot to explore in the area.
Also they got bigfoot there. Les Stroud Survivorman did an episode on bigfoot there.
I picked a bundle of of usnea lichen ("old mans beard") from trees - good medicine, my herbal plants book says, for respiratory diseases and more potent antibiotic then penicilin for gram positive, or is it negative(?) bacteria. And Usnea lishen grows every where.... can anyone confirm this lichen medicine idea?
I will also post pics of this Lichen for anyone curious - supposedly it is good medicine for the whole family. It is light grey green, kindof beige green, light green thread like bundles 1 inch thick and 2 to 4 long that grows hangin from tree branches. "It has a central elasticy cord".
??"yellow lichen is poisonous"??
In the off chance anybody is sick and this could help / wants to try it - I drank some - its spicy.
There were small few mushrooms there this year though.
I also widdled three wooden spoons out of firewood - i wil post pics for a chuckle when i get them out of the trailer.