Kananaskis Country
The drive through Kananaskis was absolutely breathtaking. High glaciers on both sides of us with water falls and lakes. This part of Canada is certainly beyond description. We were fortunate to see quite a few big horned sheep, many of them in the middle of the road licking up the salt. I pulled up along side a stop sign where several rams were rooting around. I had to back up traffic while I took my time shooting. I don't think anyone minded.
Gas prices here are around $1.32 a liter amounting to a little over $5 a gallon and food is expensive. It was not unusual to pay $12 to $15 for a hamburger. We stopped at the Boundry Ranch for lunch and the cheapest thing on the menu was a barbequed hit dog with fries for $8.95. With that you got ketsup. No fixings at all so we asked for onions. Also, no utensils nothing to dish out the onions with and the dog was dead. If you're passing through don't stop. We vowed to stop eating out so much and save a little $. We have yet to find a decent piece of pie. Hopefully, when we reach Alaska gas will be cheaper, the food less expensive and the pie delicious. In the meantime, I'll just have to cook. Most of our lunches and dinners consist of homemade soup of wonderful salads Carol puts togetherWe stopped in Canmore, a pretty large town, to stock up. What a disaster Canmore is! A typical tourist town, narrow streets that were heavily congested and impossible to find parking for a truck pulling a trailer. Of course, we got separated and my last transmission on my walkie-talkie was "I'm in Safeway." There were 2 Texas women on our channel interrupting with "whara is safe away?" Finally, Carol found me and we went into the store only to find all the carts locked up. Befuddled, we looked around and finally found an empty cart. About a minute later a fellow says "Excuse me, but that's my cart." Carol apologizes and asks where we find carts. He points to where the locked carts were and says "You have to put in .25 to unlock one." "YOU MEAN WE HAVE TO PAY FOR A SHOPPING CART, " laments Carol. "Don't worry, says he, you get it back when you lock your cart back up." Evidently, the store has a problem with stolen carts.
The place was packed with people and it took us about an hour to get out of there and move on to Banff which was just a few miles down the road. By the time we arrive at our campsite on Two Jack Lake we were exhausted and settled for cereal for dinner.
Two Jack Lake
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