Hello 2018!!! You are a beautiful sight for sore eyes!!!! I love the dawn of a new year. It brings with it all sorts of possibilities. And the possibilities in 2018 are endless for Q and I as we continue on our nomadic journey. This year will be the beginning of TNN’s Cross Country Portage! Oh ya, baby!!! So it only seems appropriate that our first post of 2018 be written about something TNN love oh so much….. travel!
For most, a cluster of crooked trees would arouse nothing more than a creepy awareness of their spooky surroundings. But when the cluster of serpentine saplings is surrounded by their straight as an arrow brethren, it causes one to pause, not out of fear but curiosity. Such is the case for the wooded area known as The Crooked Bush near Hafford, Saskatchewan.
This gnarly Aspen grove which defies nature by growing down and sideways are within a road width of their straight-laced Aspen cousins, with the entirety of the woodland surrounded by farmland. Scientists believe this lab experiment “gone awry” is due to genetic mutation although legends attribute the tree’s abnormal, other-worldly appearance to UFOs. Local lore suggests those who enter The Crooked Bush will experience episodes of dizziness. Cattle have even been known to refrain from entering and wandering through this patch of crazy forest.
Granted, this natural wonder is found quite literally in the middle of nowhere it is a popular tourist attraction. The day we stopped by there were five other families visiting these peculiar trees. Don’t expect any alone time regardless of the location’s remoteness.
A small parking lot and outhouse greet you at the entrance where a short trail meanders through the woods allowing you to gaze upon these scientific marvels. As the signs suggest stay on the boardwalk to prevent killing any seedlings and keep your children off the trees.
To reach the Crooked Bush head west past Hafford on highway 40 for 8.2 km. Turn right and travel another 16.2 km where you will come to a smaller gravel road that looks like a private drive. Turn left and you’ll find these twisty trees about 3.9 km on your left.
~ True North Nomad
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Its great to see such great post
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I made some really good friends all due to the blogging.
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Well, that is kinda weird, especially if cows avoid it.
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I know right?
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Yes, I have idea from your picture. Thank’s 🙂
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Awesome. Thanks for stopping by.
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Wonderful must-see — so enjoy that there is this in the world — and folks like you to share it!
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Agreed. We’re glad we got to see it. Take care.
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What gorgeous photos and love that you added the Crooked Road line… perfect! 🙂 Made me think of that same one as I viewed the photos… blissful.
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Thanks, Laura.. it was a pretty special place crooked or not 😉 Take care
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wow , nice spot ! perfectly placed outhouse no less – mom nature thinks of everything. hm. She’s planning ahead for when she is calling haha!
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yes… when mother nature calls 😉 – thank goodness that outhouse just sprouted out of the ground lol!!! take care.
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We love the freedom of the open road trip!
Hmmm…. when we were in San Francisco, we saw many of the trees were all bent inland… probably from too much wind coming through the Pacific ocean!
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That’s funny. Along Lake Superior there are sections where the wind is so great the trees have grown with a natural arch away from the lake.
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I love trees and these are utterly fascinating1
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Aren’t they so cool? I just loved them.
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I love those tree trunks!
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Aren’t they incredible? You know as kooky as they looked I still found them regal. They were like something out of Disney.
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way cool! Thanks for alerting me to this wonder.
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If you are ever in that neck of the woods you now have something to go see… other than the endless hours of driving across flatness… but I digress. Take care Rich!
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Wonderful place to invite Nature to tell history only she knows … so far from my usual travels, but your images let me stroll vicariously (and you managed to capture what LOOKS like solitude, though that wasn’t actually part of your experience.)
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It’s so funny. Driving to this place we never saw a car. It was quite literally out in the middle of nowhere. I was certain we’d be alone… Just goes to show if something is interesting enough to find,,, people will find it.
Take care!
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They are really something to see
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Yes, they were quite fantastic.
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Really like all the pics, but especially the photo of the wide-open Saskatchewan prairie. Ah, memories. 🙂
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Saskatchewan gets a bad wrap, but it won me over this past summer. Who knew it had all that water and all those cute puddle ducks!!! Hope all is well.
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Love the pictures! You two go to some really cool places!
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Thanks. We try to keep things interesting. Take care.
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