Drumheller Travelodge

Last night we stayed up pretty late. Mom and dad kept Aubri's parents up and my mom's loud talking kept me a up a little bit too, so we slept in this morning and it was glorious! Mike and Melissa made breakfast and it looked pretty good! Mom and dad spent some time in the car today talking about how delicious the the food was, I am starting to ...

263 km, a short day but a very windy one. After we left the Rockies, it immediately started getting very flat - and very very windy.

Thunderstorms tonight so the decision to stay somewhere indoors was easy.

I think the reason why we don't have cable tv at home is so we can binge on all the tv programs for free when we're staying in a motel. Survivorman, CNN, The Bounty Hunter, Wife Swap... who needs sleep eh?

... for that matter either.

The lions at Guzoo are so content to just lie around and watch the world go by. But then again why not, they get their food and water delivered so they don't have to hunt. They have a pool to play in and that is such a hoot to watch them muck in the water. I was there as they were cleaning the pool. By the time it was refilled, the lions had it looking just like it did when the ...

... and we were pleased to be inside. The Royal Tyrrel Museum is famous for its dinosaurs, and I thought it was very good. Fully 75 percent of the bones on display are authentic fossils not casts. And while I would have appreciated more specific information at times (it is interesting to know that something is the earliest crocodile yet discovered, but I would like to know when it lived), sometimes it is best to relax and just appreciate what is there. There is plenty to keep ...

Our first stop was Drumheller, a place I would visit often after this trip. I loved it, we went on hikes in the hoodoos and we visited the museum and spent a lot of time in the town. A few years later I would drive out there with my cousins and we would camp by the river. After Drumheller we continued on.

... jones your brothers boy, well he looked me up an down and said "wow you are like the chip off the old nut hey". So we spent the arvo going all over the museum him showing me a thing or two about the dinosaurs, and we had a blast alas i said i was going to have to go as the idiot was heading back to Calgary and he said hm any chance of a lift i am kinda broke i blew all my nuts at the **** game last night so can't get back to Calgary to get my gear as i am off on ...

... and actually a pretty tough hike here and there. To make it worse, we had left my wool socks at the house so I had to leave my boots behind and don my solomon water shoes. I was impressed with how well they stood up to the hike. Luckily, the badlands isn't a provincial park, so it wasn't illegal to veer off the trail and go exploring. The terrain is much cooler off the trail than on it.

... Each hoodoo is a sandstone pillar resting on a thick base of shale that is capped by a large stone. Hoodoos are very fragile and can erode completely if their capstone is dislodged."

Another cool place to visit here is the Royal Tyrrell Museum which house displays and reconstructions of some of the richest deposits and dinosaur bones in North America. I was quite impressed by the displays.

Last stop, before leaving for ...

... arriving at the Calgary airport we rented a vehicle and drove about 2 hours to the 'badlands' in Drumheller. We checked in at the Best Western Jurassic Inn and booked a family suite with a small kitchenette. This was perfect for us as our children were both under eight years of age and our youngest was still taking afternoon naps. The hotel had a small pool, located close to restaurants and ...