Sunday, August 27, 2107 Sunday morning we broke camp. I didn’t get but two hours sleep but I felt okay, just pissed off at one of the camps nearby for carrying on until 1:30 in the morning. And the frequent trains blasting their horns throughout the night didn’t help much either. Ah well. Camping life….
Month: August 2017
Alberta, Canada
Thursday, August 24, 2107 Thursday morning we got up and had breakfast then packed up the tent and were on our way. A black bear crossed the road in front of us shortly after we started out from our campsite – what a great good-bye gift from the park. We drove from Waterton Lakes to…
Glacier & Waterton International Peace Parks
Sunday, August 20, 2017 After a very restful night at a very nice Best Western hotel in Havre, Montana we hit the road at around 9:00. When we arrived in Shelby we got gas and washed all the backroads’ dust, dirt and mud off the truck. I’d forgotten how much fun it was to operate…
Saskachewan
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Wednesday, August 16th we decamped and drove all day to Prince Albert National Park. Along the way the oil change reminder light came on, so we stopped at a Great Canadian Oil Change station. Those guys do it right! They have two bays, each with a pit underneath. There is no…
Manitoba
Monday, August 14, 2017 We drove toward Riding Mountain National Park. Along the way we stopped in Kenora to get gas and load up on Tim’s donuts. This was a good sized town or a small city. It sits by itself in the southwestern area of Ontario in the middle of a huge lakes area….
Voyageurs National Park
Sunday, August 13, 2017 We abandoned plans to go to Forillon National Park and drove across the USA border to Voyageurs National Park. We decided to go to the Ash River Visitor Center to pick up a map, pin and sticker, and then we hiked out on Blind Ash Bay Trail for several miles. It was…