Day 2
may 18, 2006.
Possible trip titles– part two: why we hate tourists on horses, maybe Alberta’s just wack....
My camping skills are a bit rusty. There was a heater in the cabin we were in. Did I remember it– not until I woke myself up at 5:30 from the cold. *sigh*
We got to the Park just before 9am. Turns out they don’t open their booths until 9. But there were no road blocks and people were driving through before hand. So we did too. Got into the park for free. Woohoo!
Turns out the roads aren’t fully cleared until at least July. The man monitoring the road block muttered something about there being 35 feet of snow somewhere up ahead they were working to remove. We got 14 miles in before we had to stop. It was a beautiful ride. I hope Tracy’s pictures come out. I definitely wanna come back someday when the roads are fully open.
I would like to mention that tourists who rush about in the parks irritate me. There are few times you will have the opportunity to see things this stunning. Take time to appreciate them.
Parts of the highway are still pink. It is really cool.
In other news: we took a slight detour meant to keep us out of Browning but to abut the Park and keep us going in the right direction. Very quickly we came upon a herd of tourists on horses blocking the road and about 12 cars behind them. They took, at least, half an hour to get off the road and by the end had about 45 cars behind them. We were hating them, cursing them, and I think I saw Tracy give them the evil eye at least once.
The adventure of the day, however, turned out to be the "other through highway" #49– a mountain pass with truly stunning vistas, deep gorges, steep cliffs, a narrow super-twisty road, and— NO GUARD RAILS!!! None. I grabbed the "oh-shit bar" about half way through.
We lived courtesy of Tracy’s amazing driving skills. Thank you Tracy.
I saw a glacier! A real glacier. It was at the rear-end of the Park and we weren’t even in the Park when we saw it. Amusing. Very amusing.
Calgary... deserves cursing. Nothing suffices. Nothing yet invented.
We hit the blasted city at rush hour. This alone accounts for the animosity. The city itself may be quite lovely– we skipped it altogether.
Tracy hates the fact that Alberta doesn’t seem to understand the concept of four leaf clover ways of getting onto the highway and instead use "OH MY SOUL!" normal intersections for the *grumble* HIGHWAY.
Alberta has messed up road systems.
Possible trip titles– part two: why we hate tourists on horses, maybe Alberta’s just wack....
My camping skills are a bit rusty. There was a heater in the cabin we were in. Did I remember it– not until I woke myself up at 5:30 from the cold. *sigh*
We got to the Park just before 9am. Turns out they don’t open their booths until 9. But there were no road blocks and people were driving through before hand. So we did too. Got into the park for free. Woohoo!
Turns out the roads aren’t fully cleared until at least July. The man monitoring the road block muttered something about there being 35 feet of snow somewhere up ahead they were working to remove. We got 14 miles in before we had to stop. It was a beautiful ride. I hope Tracy’s pictures come out. I definitely wanna come back someday when the roads are fully open.
I would like to mention that tourists who rush about in the parks irritate me. There are few times you will have the opportunity to see things this stunning. Take time to appreciate them.
Parts of the highway are still pink. It is really cool.
In other news: we took a slight detour meant to keep us out of Browning but to abut the Park and keep us going in the right direction. Very quickly we came upon a herd of tourists on horses blocking the road and about 12 cars behind them. They took, at least, half an hour to get off the road and by the end had about 45 cars behind them. We were hating them, cursing them, and I think I saw Tracy give them the evil eye at least once.
The adventure of the day, however, turned out to be the "other through highway" #49– a mountain pass with truly stunning vistas, deep gorges, steep cliffs, a narrow super-twisty road, and— NO GUARD RAILS!!! None. I grabbed the "oh-shit bar" about half way through.
We lived courtesy of Tracy’s amazing driving skills. Thank you Tracy.
I saw a glacier! A real glacier. It was at the rear-end of the Park and we weren’t even in the Park when we saw it. Amusing. Very amusing.
Calgary... deserves cursing. Nothing suffices. Nothing yet invented.
We hit the blasted city at rush hour. This alone accounts for the animosity. The city itself may be quite lovely– we skipped it altogether.
Tracy hates the fact that Alberta doesn’t seem to understand the concept of four leaf clover ways of getting onto the highway and instead use "OH MY SOUL!" normal intersections for the *grumble* HIGHWAY.
Alberta has messed up road systems.
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