CALGARY - WHERE ARE THE COWS ?

WHERE ARE THE COWS??? Calgary is completely new, most of the buildings were not there 5 years ago.

Clean, spiffy and thoroughly modern, Millie.

Frederick took us around and around and around. Great tour guide.

Put this town on your To-See List.

Tomorrow ----- Nothing.

LAKE LOUISE IS COLD.........

WE LEFT EARLY FOR LAKE LOUISE WITH FREDERICK AND TASH. I DROVE, EVEN IF FRED INSISTED. HE WAS A GREAT GUIDE AND TOOK US ON LESS TRAVELED ROADS.

SPECTACULAR.

GOT TO LAKE LOUISE AND FOUND A GREAT PARKING SPOT. WALKED UP AND IT CAN BE DESCRIBED ONLY WITH ONE WORD.

MAJESTIC.



THERE WERE NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE AND THE WEATHER WAS FANTASTIC. TOOK A TON OF PICS.

I TOOK MY TRADITIONAL FEET IN THE WATER PIC, AND WHEN I WENT TO RETRIEVE A ROCK FROM THE WATER FOR MY COLLECTION............ I FELL IN.

JAPENESE PEOPLE WERE AGAHST! HINDU SAID TO ME .." IS THE WATER COLD?" GERMAN GUY HARUMPHED. IT WAS HILARIOUS .

THE WATER IS FRIGID.

WENT FOR LUNCH, ( 4 HAM SANDWICHES, 2 COOKIES, 4 DRINKS=$42). THE LOOK ON THE JAPANESE TOURISTS LOOKING AT ME EATING ON A WET SEAT --- PRICELESS.

MOVED ON TO BANFF - LIKE LAKE GEORGE ON STEROIDS. OVERPRICED RESTAURANTS ( $54.95 FOR MONTREAL SMOKED BUFFALO SANDWICH ) AND A MILLION T-SHIRT STORES.

ALL IN ALL, A PERFECT DAY. TODAY, WE WILL VISIT DOWNTOWN CALGARY.

BIG SKY COUNTRY......WOW!!

TOOK THE DOGS OUT THIS MORNING, AND WITH A FULL MOON IN THE WESTERN SKY, THE HOWL OF COYOTEES AND THE TRAIN WHISTLE IN THE BACKGROUND, IT FELT LIKE BUTCH CASSIDY WAS GONNA DROP BY FOR A CHUCKWAGON BREAKFAST.

THIS IS LIKE LIVING IN A MOVIE.



TOOK A DAY OFF THE ROAD AND CLEANED UP THE RIG, CLOTHES AND US TOO...

BEFORE WE LEFT, WE TOOK THE DOGS FOR A WALK. LINDA POINTED AND SAID " WHAT IS THAT?" LOOKED UP AND IT WAS 3 WOLVES, NO MORE THAN 50 YARDS FROM US.

WE HUSTLED BACK TO THE MOHO, AND LINDA FELL WHEN SHE STEPPED INTO A PRAIRIE DOD HOLE. NO INJURY.
TOMORROW, CALGARY. YIPPEE KYO KYAAY !!

MONTANA - BUGGY

We left at the crack of dark. We left at 6:30 and 10 minutes later it was 5:40. Go figure.

Great road, fantastic scenery. We were gonna do 300 miles, but when we got to Havre, we found the campground was 10 yards from the highway, 10 yards from the railway tracks and 10 yards from the grain elevator.

So we kept going and finally stopped at Highway 15, 35 miles from the Canuckian Border.

Great scenery and a million bugs. Internet is slow, so no pics tonight.

Ya'll come back, ya hear

NORTH DAKOTA IS A GAS.

WHAT A FANTASTIC STATE.



STARTED OFF BY FEEDING THE BUFFALO, WATCHING THE BIGGEST FULL MOON EVER DROP IN FRONT OF US, WHILE THE SUN CAME UP BEHIND.

UNBELIEVABLE SCENERY. YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE FOR OVER 20 MILES IN THE DISTANCE, ALL AROUND YOU. UNBELIEVABLE. WE SAW A POWER PLANT COMING OVER A RISE, AND IT WE MEASURED 27 MILES BEFORE WE GOT TO IT.

WALMART SELLS LIQUOR. WE SAW A COWGIRL, RIDING A HORSE, TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE. STRANGE. SPEED LIMIT IS ---- NO LIMIT DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, 75 AT NIGHT.

STOPPED AT THE LEWIS AND CLARK INTERPRETIVE CENTER. MAJESTIC 12 FOOT STEEL STATUES. WOW.

DROVE THE BADLANDS, SAW COAL MINES, OIL WELLS AND MORE UNBELIEVABLE SCENERY.

WILL MONTANA BE EVEN BETTER? WE WILL SEE TOMORROW.

GO WEST PEOPLE, GO WEST !!!!!

HEADED OUT EARLY, IN THE RAIN. THE WEATHER RADIO SAID IT WAS SUNNY IN FARGO, ND. WE PUT THE HAMMER DOWN AND DROVE THE BUS HARD.




WE FIGURED FARGO WOULD BE A COW TOWN. FORGET ABOUT IT. IT IS A BUSTLING, FAST MOVING, HIGH TECH COLLEGE TOWN. THEY HAVE A CELEBRITY WALK OF FAME THAT WAS FUN. PUT MY HANDS IN ART LINKLETTER'S DEAD HANDS...

ST. CLOUDS IS A MONTREAL CANADIENS FARM TEAM, THERE ARE HAB SIGNS EVERYWHERE. MET A KID WHO HAD CANADIENS STUFF IN THE CAR. WE TOOK HIS PIC, WITH FUNKY MONKEY.

STOPPED FOR THE NIGHT 100 MILES WEST OF FARGO, IN A 1 BUFFALO TOWN. JAMESTOWN HAS 2 TV STATIONS AND THE WORLDS BIGGEST BUFFALO. NO INTERNET, SHEESH.

GAS WENT DOWN TO $3.54 A GALLON, ABOUT 0.90 A LITRE.

WISCONSIN IN THE RAIN

IT RAINED SO MUCH, WE SAW A GUY BUILDING A BIG BOAT AND HE HAD TWO OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF ANIMALS. IT WAS A DISMAL DAY.

WE DROVE THROUGH THE RAIN, DOWN THE ROAD THROUGH AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND. STOPPED AT A CHEESE STORE AND BOUGHT ABOUGHT 5 LBS OF CHEESE. GARLIC CHEDDAR IS SO YUMMY. CHILE PEPPER CHEESE CURDS, MMMM-MMM GOOD. THE GUY HAD NEVER HEARD OF POUTINE, SO I TOLD HIM HOW TO MAKE IT. HE WILL BE THE HIT AT THE NEXT COW-DANCE.

STOPPED AT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TOOK A DIP......FEET ONLY. HAD TO EXPLAIN ABOUT FUNKY MONKEY TO SOME LOCALS.

PASSED AN OVERTURNED TRUCK AND DECIDED TO STOP AT MINNEAPOLIS. ENOUGH RAIN FOR THE DAY.