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Day 39: Mountains, Foothills, Prairies

By tony.barb.fisher May 11, 20242024 Cross-continent tour

We awake at 6:00am and find that we were joined last night by two other campers in our secluded ‘wild camping’ spot behind the Independent grocery store in Fernie, BC. A few townies kept Barb awake for a while, but in general terms this was a wonderfully quiet place to…

Day 37: June 25 – Lloydminster, AB to Portage la Prairie, MB

By tony.barb.fisher June 25, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

Early start to the day as we head East out of Lloydminster and immediately into Saskatchewan. The border actually splits the town into two and as we depart we both commented on our observation that most of the recent commercial development had occurred on the Alberta side of town leaving…

Day 36: June 24 – Jasper National Park, AB to Lloydminster, AB

By tony.barb.fisher June 24, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

That was a cold night. We have recently slept easily through a few cooler nights without turning on the furnace and so thought last night would be the same. Nope, something about last night made the 5C feel colder than it was. Should have turned on the furnace or put…

Day 35: June 23 – Yoho National Park, BC to Jasper National Park, AB

By tony.barb.fisher June 23, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

Today will not be what we expect. Although we slept really well and neither of us heard any trains overnight, the day would bring just a few surprises. We started off with our usual morning preparations and then because the driving would only consist of about 3 hours, we thought…