DAY 11 - SEPT 12 - MONDAY     We started out from the campground in Regina and looked for a few fire stations. Then we went to the beautiful Provincial capital Legislative building which was on beautiful gardened grounds. Then back onto the Trans-Canada Highway heading west thru more prairie and farm lands into the next Province of Alberta (AB).     As we approached the city of Calgary, AB it appears to rise out of the fields in the distance with mountains in the background. We drove around downtown a little so get a feel for things and then stopped for dinner at a nice steak house.     While talking with our waitress at dinner, we learned of a place called Drumheller that sounded like a very interesting place to go tomorrow.     We made it back to our campground just to the east of Calgary for Night 11 and enjoyed a spectacular sunset over the Canadian Rockies.

STATES/PROVINCES: SK, *AB* - (2) Provinces today {1 new} / (16) different states and                                                            (3) Provinces so far

DISTANCE: 503 miles for the day / 3774 miles for the Trip so far.

FIREBOATS: Remains at (12) so far

 

Regina Fire Hall No. 7

The Saskatchewan provincial capital legislative building in Regina

Rolled bales of hay becomes food for livestock when it gets cold and snowy

A little firehouse in a little place called Morse in western SK

This caught our eye. The giant rescue helicopter weathervane is along the Trans Canada highway
in Swift Current, SK.

A beautiful sky in this big sky country

The rail lines often run along with the highways. It is amazing how much is moved by
these trains moving back and forth across the continent.

Maple Creek Fire  Department at the western side of SK off Route 1

Happens all the time....

Welcome to Alberta!

Looks a lot like Saskatchewan.... but its really Alberta!

Good thing for the clouds or there wouldn't be much to see.

We could see Calgary on the horizon for miles.  It is a large, modern city
with a recognizable skyline.

The Calgary Tower opened in 1968. It is 627 feet (191 meters) tall.

Protecting Calgary downtown.

One of the tallest and more interesting buildings in Calgary
is called "The Bow"  The office building stands at 774 feet, 58 stories.

In the plaza at the base of the bow is this wire mesh sculpture
called Wonderland.

Sun setting over the Canadian Rockies from east of Calgary, Alberta
where we would spend the night in a campground.

 

 

 

2016 INDEX

WEEK 1
[Day 1] [Day 2] [Day 3] [Day 4] [Day 5] [Day 6] [Day 7]

WEEK 2
[Day 8] [Day 9] [Day 10] [Day 11] [Day 12] [Day 13] [Day 14]

WEEK 3
[Day 15] [Day 16] [Day 17] [Day 18] [Day 19] [Day 20] [Day 21]

WEEK 4
[Day 22] [Day 23] [Day 24] [Day 25] [Day 26] [Day 27] [Day 28]

WEEK 5
[Day 29] [Day 30] [Day 31] [Day 32] [Day 33] [Day 34] [Day 35]

WEEK 6
[Day 36] [Day 37] [Day 38] [Day 39] [Day 40] [Day 41] [Day 42]

WEEK 7
[Day 43] [Day 44] [Day 45] [Day 46] [Day 47] [Day 48] [Day 49]

WEEK 8
[Day 50] [Day 51] [Day 52] [Day 53] [Day 54] [Day 55] [Day 56]

 

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