Gorgeous morning but still too cool to eat outside. I am beginning to think that may never happen on this trip. We took our time since we are only changing campsites/campgrounds in the same Park between provinces. This Park is divided into 3 blocks: West (Alberta), East ( Saskatchewan) and Center. Its about 40 milesContinue reading “June 22 Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, AB to Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. SK”
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June 21 Waterton Lakes National Park, AB to Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, AB
Today started off sunny but not particularly warm and still very windy. That must be normal for this part of the world. We didn’t rush out as our next destination is only 3 hours away. It’s my turn to drive. Heading east we have the mountains at our backs. Our forward view is the vastContinue reading “June 21 Waterton Lakes National Park, AB to Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, AB”
June 20 Moyie Lake to Waterton National Park, AB
I don’t even know where to start writing up today. It started so innocuous and ended up somewhere we hadn’t entirely planned to be. We got up early and were out of camp before 8 am. It was cold, rainy and foggy. We have about 3 1/2 hours to our final destination of Waterton /Continue reading “June 20 Moyie Lake to Waterton National Park, AB”
June 2 Jasper National Park. AB
Today promised to have good weather and we booked a boat tour on Malign Lake ( pronounced Maleen) as it is one of the ‘must dos’ when in Jasper. Our tour was at 9:45 am. The boat dock is 44 km up one of the side roads decently close to our campground and takes aboutContinue reading “June 2 Jasper National Park. AB”
June 1 Edmonton, AB to Jasper,AB / Jasper National Park
Another grey morning as we drive from Edmonton to Jasper National Park. The scenery didn’t vary much as we drove through what is locally called parkland, transitional forest between prairie and coniferous forest, and into the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. We stopped for lunch at Hinton. AB where we had our first glimpse ofContinue reading “June 1 Edmonton, AB to Jasper,AB / Jasper National Park”
May 31 Edmonton/West Edmonton Mall
We thought it was time to take a day of from ‘being educated’ and just have a day of fun and shopping… not that I ever really like shopping to begin with. We drove around Edmonton for a bit just to see the Legislative buildings as Edmonton is the capital of Alberta and get aContinue reading “May 31 Edmonton/West Edmonton Mall”
May 30 Metis Crossing to Edmonton, AB
Coffee and breakfast outside again this morning! We have arranged for a ‘Metis guide’ to walk us around the site and talk about the history of the area. Our guide was a young university student working here as a ‘live actor’, registered Metis of Scottish/Cree decent rather than the usual French. We have enjoyed meetingContinue reading “May 30 Metis Crossing to Edmonton, AB”
May 29 The Battlefords, SK to Metis Crossing, AB
Absolutely gorgeous morning, full sunshine, no wind, very happy birds serenading us. We had breakfast outside for the first time since we left home. Bird sightings: king bird, killdeer, coots, magpies, same ducks and geese as before, Lloydminster is a city in Canada which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. The city is incorporated by bothContinue reading “May 29 The Battlefords, SK to Metis Crossing, AB”
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