Day 10: Banff National Park Sunny and warm. Got up early to go see Lake Louise and Moraine Lake while we could still park near them. While driving the Trans Canadian Highway saw a WOLF on a rocky slope, trotting along the edge of the water as we were driving along! Later I saw what... Continue Reading →

Day 9: Banff National Park Sunny and warm. Glorious day in Banff. We did the things the brochure suggested we do: Upper Hot Springs – used to be real sulphur springs with touted healing powers, but the springs wouldn’t flow some winters, so they constructed a large shallow pool that is heated to 104°. It... Continue Reading →

Day 8: Swift Current, SK Sunny and warm, with mosquitoes. Going across the Canadian prairie into Alberta. Saw several prairie dogs, mostly tiny furry dead splotches on the road, but a couple were sitting along the road, straight and tall as their tiny bodies could be. They are smaller than squirrels. I remembered them being... Continue Reading →