Penner: Quintessential country town makes for great weekend getaway

As the sun slipped below the mountains, the western sky started blazing. Red-rimmed clouds scuttled over the foothills and, as we rolled around a bend in the road, presto, there they were: two beautiful horses grazing on the hill. The fiery sky was the perfect background for an image. I stopped the car beside the road, opened my window, and framed the shot. Not surprisingly, given the classic Alberta scenes in and around the picturesque town of Sundre, my trigger finger got a good little workout on our whirlwind weekend in this peaceful part of the world.    Read More