A drive through the Rockies

We finally left Vernon late on Thursday afternoon. The pocket book was roughly $2500.00 lighter; but the truck was much quieter! The park that we had been staying at was right on the highway; tight small spots; and the Internet wasn't very good either. We were quiet happy to see the end of Vernon.

We drove for 2 hours up the Okanagan Valley, with breath taking beauty all around... again. The Canadian Rockies were certainly giving us a beautiful show right out the front window. Most of the mountains are still snow covered; and that just made everything prettier. There are tree covered, rounded, jagged, snow covered and a mix of all; and it didn't seem to matter which direction you looked, there were mountains... nice!

We arrived just East of Revelstoke around 7:30 and found a truck stop to spend the night. We had an open view of mountains all around; and after having supper, we were all in bed shortly after 10.

The next morning, we were up and on our way shortly before 6:30 am - yes I said am, I know that doesn't happen too often, but once in a while we manage to get up with the sun.

The drive from Revelstoke heading towards Alberta put the WOW factor in overdrive! Around every curve, and in my estimate we went around a gazillion curves (give or take a few) the words wow, oh wow, holy wow, unbelievable, beautiful, etc, came out of our mouths for most of the day. This is where one of the rigs with the big windows would have been nice. Oh well, maybe one day. Because of the easy navigation, were heading #1 East; Mike was able to do his other "job" while I drove. Picture taking - and believe me, he took lots of pictures - roughly 150, but don't worry, not all will be in the album :)

The very first day we drove with the rig (almost 3 years ago); we passed another rig and the driver waved to us; since that day I have waved to all RV's when we're pulling and sometimes you get a wave back but a lot of times you don't. On this day, I got a triple wave. One from the passenger and driver, plus the driver of the big truck that was right behind.

The weather for most of the day was around 17c and once we passed the rain clouds, the sun was shining. Just an absolute perfect day to spend driving through the Rockies! We arrived in Kananaskis, about an hour west of Calgary, on Friday afternoon. We booked in at the Bow Valley Campground for 4 nights. Nice big private sites, with plenty of trees around. In fact, from our site, you couldn't even see the mountains that were all around us.

Trying to be optimistic, we thought that the glucosamine was making a difference in Molly. But in reality, it doesn't seem to be. We now help her into the truck and rig with a sling. We know that "the day" is coming soon; but with all the travelling that we have coming ahead of us; we're hoping that she can make it home. We keep her as comfy as we can; and give her lots of TLC.

We haven't had the Internet since leaving Vernon; so will post another blog next chance I get.

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