I didnt sleep well last night. Im sure my subconscious was going over all the things left to do in the morning despite my best efforts to pack up as much as possible before bed. An easy breakfast of PB on toast and a dish of yogurt with raspberries makes for minimal dishes left in the sink for the evening. Water hose, electric cord and drain the holding talks was about all there was to do but I still think it was 7:45 before I got on the road.
The Trans Canada Highway to Calgary offers some spectacular views leaving BC for Alberta. Again the smoke ruined all of them but I snapped some photos anyway. The smoke did lighten up the further I got into Alberta allowing for some clearer pictures.
There are a few spots of construction along the way where the road is being widened, the longest stretch being just East of Golden, BC. I didnt mind the 40Km per hour construction speed limit though, it allowed more time to look at the views. They are truly hanging the road off the side of the mountain with large piles
driven into the rock. Itll be something to see when its done. Banff is synonymous with skiing but with all the new condos I saw in Canmore I suspect its fast popular too.
The winds really picked up as I left the mountains and are still quite strong as I write this at eight p.m. I finally get to have a campfire tonight with a $12 bag of crummy softwood so I am hoping the wind calms down as the sun goes down. I have to wonder if these westerners have ever burned good hardwood like we have in Ontario.
Very close to camp is a large big box shopping centre so I stopped to grab a few things from Walmart and to see if they had any of the pop (soda) Im looking for. No luck with the pop but I did replenish a couple trailer supplies. As I left the parking lot headed to camp a message pops up on the Jeep informing me its doing an exhaust regeneration and I need to keep driving. Hundreds of Kilometres from Sicamous and now its time for a regen. Grrrr. So I left it running while I
Once at camp I realize its actually run by the local Rotary and Lions organizations and all profits go back into Its another perfectly laid out grid of gravel sites and paved roads. Not the kind of camping Id want to do long term but itll do for one night, even though I had to pay for two because its the weekend.
