Econo Lodge Inn & Suites Drumheller
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Day 14
Up early for shower and packing. Went to the dump to empty all water tanks, and found a skip for all the rubbish. Tim Horton's for coffee and donuts and off we go to Calgary, in the fog! Arrived at Calgary airport to collect hire car, much better than waiting until we'd dropped the RV off. Offered us an upgrade to Jeep Cherokee for $9 per day, rather have this than a ford any day. Followed Ian to ...
Action packed day
... had BBQ beef on a bun and beverage compliments of IGA. Got to love the prairie hospitality.
Then we packed up and drove to Drumheller for a two night stay. We are parked in another incredible campground, this one in the badlands. We have rabbits galore around our campsite, very tame and cute, reminiscent of White Point Beach Lodge. Greg and I went to the Royal Tyrell Museum but it closed too soon after we got there so we only did ...
Prospecting For Dinosaurs
... www.tyrrellmuseum.com/ Tuesday, and participated in a prospecting session Wednesday.
Drumheller is in the Badlands of Alberta. The approach was interesting as we drove east from Calgary seeing nothing but plains and then quickly descending into the Badlands. It is like a big broad canyon closed on all sides.
The ...
Dinosaurs and Hoodoos and Mosquitoes oh my
... they are tall thin rocks that are found in badlands that have a ************* them that prevent the wind or water from eroding the top - they look like a tower with a plate on the top (the rock on top is called the cap rock). The word Hoodoo comes from West Africa and it is word associated with evil. The native americans thought that they were giants turned into rocks because of their wrong doing.
The mosquitoes were a little ...
Alberta's Badlands
... dry floodplains in a cool climate, while the grey-green mudstones and dark-coloured coal beds exposed in the upper half of the canyon indicate a return to warm wetlands.
We then drove on to Drumheller, home of the world's largest (plastic) dinosaur. From the viewing platform inside the dino’s mouth we had a good view of the surrounding Badlands. Why are they called Badlands, you ask? We asked ourselves the same ...
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