We're in Calgary!

We’re in Calgary, Alberta now for the Stampede. It’s gonna be FUN, according to everyone who has been here in the past…Getting here we stopped at the Deschutes River State Park where the river dumps into the Columbia on Sunday. Omigosh, it was super hot!! At 9 that evening we were still standing in the ice-cold Deschutes, drink in hand, cooling off…Oh I didn’t mention, Norman made a phone call to Tina, because he thought he had left his fanny pack at home. Thank goodness she was in Myrtle Creek. When Tina stopped by the house, she discovered the pack wasn’t there. Sure enough Norman had put it in the pickup and hadn’t transferred it to the RV. The first laugh of the trip…On the 3rd we spent the night just 4 miles short of the Canadian Border along Hwy 95 at Idyl Acres. It has only ten spots, but is truly a beautiful outdoor setting. And we enjoyed wonderful refreshing showers before bed. Oh yes, we polished off both the excellent pre-mixed booze I had bought at the Liquor Barn in Redding. I shoulda bought more; they were really good…The Fourth of July we drove on into Calgary to our designated campground, where we’ll join the Good Sam’s on the 6th. We loved driving through Crowsnest Pass. It’s a spectacular glacial valley through the Rockies with several small communities. We stopped for a long lunch at Crowsnest Lake, and Norman tried out taking his first panoramic pictures.
Before reaching Calgary we passed several humongous ranches. One had miles of fencepost all topped with baseball hats, shoulda taken a picture. Our fireworks event was the Boston Pops on TV…TODAY we’re hanging out in the campground waiting for our “proof of car insurance” to arrive by fax or e-mail. Hmmm, something we should have picked up before we left home. We decided better to hang-out here than drive anymore without it, pretty heavy fine if we get into an accident. Many, many people are arriving for the Stampede!! And we have a great view of the office and the holding tank dump. Hee-hee We’ve met a few people with the Samboree, and it’s time to go out and meet some more. So I’ll mix a sipper and be on my way…adios, amigos…until the next time.