I got up this morning in order to hike the shoreline Trail that will get you to the US/Canada border. I was planning to get up at six, but managed to get going around 7:15. It turns out it’s 5 miles from the campground, so I got back right at the time we’re supposed to check out out of the campground. It was a beautiful hike, though, with the first portion being through the forest fire section from 2017, and the second portion through the native fur forest. All along the way, the flora on the fourth floor was waist high.
I was a bit sore after the 10 mile hike, but Kathy had the camper packed up and all we have to do is get ready to go. We filled up water and then stopped at the Prince of Wales Hotel at the top of the hill. It’s a very beautiful building, built like a Swiss chalet. We stayed in the campground though. Howie is very comfortable.
We only did 170 miles today. We are just west of Calgary camped on an Indian reservation, the Tsuu T’ina Nation, along the Elbow river. Apparently some folks in the tribe are trying to build a business. The place is a bit sketchy, we hope there are no bears because the trash cans are 55 gallon drums. Again, go Howie. Zuzu does like it here as it’s not a typical campground. It’s more like a forest road with picnic tables and trash cans along the way. But she is able to get out and run. The nearest camper to us is a couple hundred yards away. A little further down the road there are three teepees set up. I wanna go down there and take a look, but there’s a bunch of dogs barking so I think someone actually lives there.
Tomorrow we will be heading into Banff national Park in Canada. Banff and Jasper are right together so we’re gonna go through both of those and take in the sites. We will check and see if we can get a campground although everything online seems to be booked. Of course Waterton Lakes was also booked and I drove up to the window and he said yes we have a site, so hoping it’ll be that way tomorrow. The Canadians have made it illegal to sleep in your car outside of the campgrounds and in the towns, so you kind of risk it if you pull off on the road somewhere. So much for the frontier
Kathy and I are having a really good time seeing this beautiful land. We’re gonna be working our way up to Dawson Creek and Watson Lake, which is where the alaskan Highway starts. It’ll probably be four or five days before we get there.
This is the picture of the campground on Indian reservation.
here are some more photos from the day. https://www.overlandadventureexcursions.com/photos-albums/nggallery/album/20250704-independence-day