We left the Travel Inn in Regina before 7:00 am (I had better not get too used to this) setting out on another long day. After more than 10 hours on the road we have arrived in Two Jacks Lakeside Campground in Banff National Park.
What a change in scenery we have experienced over the last 2 days. Leaving Dryden and entering 'flat Manitoba' was almost a welcome change...I know it should not matter...I am in a vehicle. As yesterday progressed and we entered Saskatchewan the terrain became somewhat hilly (not what most people believe about this province) and as we crossed into Alberta the terrain flattened out again despite the fact that we were gradually climbing towards the mountains. After leaving Calgary behind, the mountains appeared in all their glory. As I write this we are nicely tucked into the edge of the mountains. Every direction we look is another snow capped vista.
For those 'farmers' out there, 'despair not', your brethren in the West are in just as bad of shape as you without much wheat or canola harvested. Cash croppers in the Calgary area will have to wait until next year to harvest anything as the wheat crop was flattened by the snow storm of a couple of weeks ago.
Wildlife Sightings = Pronghorns, unidentified ducks (L.B.D.'s), White Pelicans, Snow geese.
And to copy our friend Pat's sign off...Life is good preparing supper while tucked into the mountains!
20 Steps From Our Campsite.
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