6/30/12
Miles: 620
Departed Helena at 8:30am & headed towards Pigeon Lake Provincial park SW of Edmonton. A long day of driving but there was no line going into Alberta and the driving was easy, Canada easy. We made it to the campground where LE had reserved a campsite online with the Canada Day weekend holiday in effect. We got it and drove in but the site was 20 ft long and 8 ft wide with campers on both sides and no separation between sites, let alone, nowhere to park the truck and trailer. It was way too tight so we went back out to the check-in booth and told the conservation officer thanks anyway. She surprised us by escorting us to another campground 15 km away and checking for a spot for us. The officer eventually mapped us the way to yet another hotel 40 miles away, which was on the route to AK, because the second campground was packed as well. We could have forced a tent spot next to the bathroom with the officer guarding the perimeter for us as we set up but felt we should move on. I find it strange that Canada has the most land & the least people yet they tend to camp in the smallest of areas as a group.
It is true that Canadians are extremely helpful and nice. At a gas station earlier, a lady came out to make sure I was OK pumping gas.
Calgary is a large city which mixes ranching / farming with big city, kinda cool. Finally got into a wicked downpour for the last 20 miles of today's drive.
Tomorrow Mrs. Evans sniffed out a Canada Day parade to watch at 10 am outside the Holiday Inn Express. She just gets so excited about parades, how could we possibly disappoint her. Even if the parade was just 1 drunk banging curb to curb down the road with a Canadian flag hanging off his car, it would make her day, which would make my day (happy wife, happy life).
Tomorrow headed for Dawson's Creek, BC.
I have moved photos away from the blog and will update a Google + album when I can.
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