Foothills scenes

Mushrooms and sphagnum in the woods:
 

A steep roadcut into eroding conglomerate, topped by coaly strata - the sparse vegetation on this slope is dominated by Polemonium viscosissimum (mainly), Phacelia sericea and grasses (plus a few dandelions):
         

Along the roadside, Campanula rotundifolia and Knautia arvensis (an introduced weed) in bloom:
 

Geranium viscosissimum in the roadside meadow and baneberry (Actaea rubra) in the woodland edge:
   

Lusk Creek with a late Castilleja on its banks among the Dryas drummondii:
 

Sibbald Creek, is it named for the same person as Sibbaldia?
A nice area and interesting plants and other life forms.

No, I expect it was probably named after a rancher in the area, as per this info:
http://www.albertaparks.ca/sibbald-lake.aspx

Thanks. And I found out that Sibbaldia is named by Linné in honour of Sir Robert Sibbald: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sibbald

Maybe your farmer is an descendant ;)

Nice trip- interestingly, some things I don't see in the foothills west of here, though some of that can be luck of site and timing, too.. though it looks as though it might be drier there..