We took a country road out to the #1 from Drumheller yesterday morning.
Its amazing how you can feel so lonely out on the roads here. Makes us wonder sometimes if we are going in the right direction or if we are lost and don’t know it yet. And a bizarre thing is we don’t see many people in the farming areas. You’ll see houses, and farms and animals and machinery, but not people. Yesterday we saw a person and it caused a bunch of excitement. “Guy, there’s a person!!!!”. It was almost the highlight of our day.
We got off the TransCanada and headed towards Cypress Hills Inter-Provincial Park.
Cypress Hills is like it sounds, a more mountainous treed area of the South East corner of Alberta and the South West Corner of Saskatchewan. The park straddles both provinces. We spent the afternoon walking and bike riding along the lake and in the forest.
In the evening, we had a campfire complete with smores. It was our first campfire since the trip begun.
June 16th
Its been quite cloudy and rainy on our trip so far. It is June however. Just hoping my Jazz Fest friends back in Gibsons have a good weather day today and a terrific festival. Miss you guys.
This morning, we awoke to the call of the wild. Guy heard the moose calls first. I got up at 5:30am to catch up on the blog. The moose were really vocal in the woods nearby. I recorded them and sent the recording to my friend Bern. I knew she would be up and I thought it would be a funny way to start her day. We had a good texting session back and forth.
A bit later I was typing away on the blog and something rustled in the bushes nearby, something bigger than a squirrel. It was a wild turkey and it strutted down the road making its mildly irritating noise. It’s fan of feathers was quite impressive however.
When travelling, or even when not travelling, it is good to get up early and see a different perspective on the world when things are quiet and peaceful.
Today we are on the road. We just passed the border into Saskatchewan.
We are on our way to Grassland National Park to find us some rattlesnakes. Actually no, snakes our my greatest fear so I’ll be putting on my hip waders soon. Catch up later.
PSS – A mama duck and nine baby ducklings newly hatched cause a big commotion with our vehicles and heavy duty transport trucks as they tried to make their way across the highway. Everyone slowed and veered away from them. We think they safely made it.
Guy and Joys' 2025 UK and Ireland Campervan Trip. 
Just got home from a very successful Jazz Festival. The weather was perfect, sunny and a bit of a breeze. Actually, it was frequently more than a bit but we borrowed rocks from the water fountain to hold the papers down. The crew was amazing, not a hitch – we had the tents up in plenty of time and Mat’s truck made the table and chair transfer from the church easy. And the Sea Cav people brought the white chairs!
However, it was nail-biting time when the first ferry from Horseshoe Bay was stuck due to a semi being loaded on a falling tide! The musicians, of course, were on the other side. But it all worked out as an extra ferry was brought in and everyone arrived in time for their act with minutes to spare. It made for an exciting afternoon!
So now you can truly relax – all is well here. The restaurants were full for Jazz Week and the weather tomorrow for the park will be lovely. I am really enjoying your reports; what an amazing adventure you are having! I am so impressed by all the friends you have to visit; that makes the journey much more enjoyable.
Keep on truck’in
Love, Carol
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Great pictures again joy .. Guy will have lots to keep him busy painting some of those scenes!! I love moose !! We have run into a couple in the rockies ..huge!!! Sorry about the rain but as you say it is june ..and the weather for the jazz festival was perfect !!! Good crowd from what i hear …but i know you were missed.safe travel and keep on enjoying !!
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