So we travelled from Cochrane (Calgary area) to Banff, the town itself is lovely, but the crowds where ridiculous. Everything was booked out, even the shuttle buses, we were advised by a park official not to try to drive to Lake Louise as we would be turned back as all the parking spots would be full, a hundred to one shot we would get a park. So he suggested we travel towards Jasper, which is closed as a quarter of the town has been destroyed in the fires that are still burning. But the drive to the icefields is one of the prettiest in Canada and we should not miss it. So we decided to do that, although it was beautiful, after 30 minutes it did become repetative. It was all fir trees, so we turned around and drove down to Lake Minniewanka, that was quite pretty.
Banff
Banff is very pretty
Lake Minniewanka
We were coming back from Lake Minniewanka and I was decidedly down hearted as we had not seen any animals at all. The Bison abviously know where I am and come out after I leave. But there was a car stopped so Mary Ann slowed down and stopped too, and right beside me, on the side of the road was a moose, I wound my window down to take a picture and I could have touched it, it was so close. There were two of them, but I didn't notice the second one until I looked at my picture. I was so stoked, it was beautiful. So all those days, and all those parks, and I have seen one Moose....
Proof, though the camera pushes them further away, it was so close.
We decided to leave banff and head east. Mary Ann wanted to go to Medicine Hat that night, but it was over 7 hours away and it was already late afternoon. I stood firm. I said "Mary Ann you are a terrible driver at night, and even your day driving is a bit dodgy". She actually burst out laughing and we chuckled for a bit, but I won. We stayed in Cochrane again that night and carried on to Regina (pronounced to rhyhm with Vagina). We stayed at the Walmart car park and, then this morning travelled through the rest of Saskatchewan and Manitoba today.
I have to say that travelling through Wisconsin, Minnesota, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are all very similar, like wheat belts, very similar to back home in some areas, and very boring, no animals jump out at you, just flat boring paddocks, one after the other.
We are now in Steinbach in Manitoba and we found the most lovely hotel, with a bistro and bar attached, Frantz Inn. It is really lovely and I have already taken two showers, one last night and one this morning, in case it is another rest area night tonight. The staff here are lovely and the food was to die for, I have my first steak since leaving home. So would def recommend, apart from the see through toilet paper, that isn't great.
We are about to have breakfast and continue on our way. You will need to forgive my typing as I do not have a spell check to check my typo's.
Cheers for now, talk again soon
Lones.
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