Best Western Inn Medicine Hat

We had spent a bitterly cold night in the car at a campsite in the town of Swift Current, where we were driven to the point of insanity by the cold. The harsh cold of the Canadian winter started to rear its ugly head, with snow and sharp biting wind whipping up around our tiny tent. We were even joined by a ginger cat in our car, the poor bugger begged for salvation from the cold, we gladly let him in, and were ...

Wir haben Calgary verlassen und sind unterwegs Richtung Medicine Hat. Unterwegs gab es nicht viel anzuschauen. Alles war flach, was ja für uns Schweizer ein wenig ungewöhnlich ist. Soweit das Auge reicht, nur Felder, Felder, Felder.

Beim Dinosaurier Provincial Park haben wir einen Stop eingelegt. Ursprünglich ...

So yesterday was all about trains, planes and automobiles. We woke up around 5 am and headed to the airport where we flew through Seattle to Vancouver. We picked up our car and drove 6 hours and arrived in Revelstoke last night around 11 pm. I was still so sick so I mostly moaned and slept while Jon drove. Today we woke up and drove for about 9 hours to Medicine Hat, Alberta. Unfortunately as I ...

So we continued on to Medicine Hat, where Roxanne's mother lived. For whatever reason, one I obviously can't remember, I have always called her Mrs. Kay. We spent a lot of time there, visiting water slides and other things. And then we took off once more.

... Suzuki SUV undercoated. Visited with Pauline, Frank and the grandkids (Mathew & Jacob). A couple of days later we drove to Red Deer and parked at Joe & Rosalie's and caught up on the news. Rosalie is busy babysitting her grandkids before and after school. Joe accepted the position of "Director of Construction" for Suncor and will assume his new role by mid Sept. Prior to that he's going to Germany to attain the franchise rights for a new ...

... Another penalty of choosing a campsite late in the day is that you do not always get all the conveniences you require. In this case, although we had outstanding WiFi, there were no toilets or showers and so we had to rely on the rather cramped facilities on board and, even worse, pump out after - enough said. We set off for town early and stopped in at a Car Wash to clean off the splattered bugs ...

Once again we awoke to a sunny morning - it as one of those 'great to be alive days'. Phil got up early and decided to go off for a short run to investigate a wigwam (more properly known as a Tipi) and to take a few panoramic photographs. The first point of interest on our journey was the scrap yard in the nearby village of Wood Mountain - there were some amazing old cars laid out across the fields and anywhere else these ...

... to be prepared for us in the units. It was fantastic! Left the prison around 12.30pm and went into Drumheller for lunch. After lunch went for a drive to the 'Last Chance Saloon' at Wayne. This included crossing 11 small bridges which have made it into the Guinness book of records the most number of bridge crossings in the shortest distance! Good to be part of a historical event! Got to the pub, and who do we run into but an ...

... and to my luck there was an unsecured wireless internet connection there too! After getting a few things and looking around a little (didn't take long as there wasn't much there I decided to hit the road and make my way to the prairies. I was a little disappointed with Medicine Hat there wasn't a lot there, although they did have a bridge across the Saskatchewan River it wasn't as impressive as the bridge ...