Rocky Mountain Adventure - Part 1

Puff and I started our Rocky Mountain adventure a few days ago. This is just an update on what we've seen and where we've been so far.

Day 1 - Drumheller, Alta
The first stop of our road trip was Drumheller, Alberta. We checked out the Tyrrell Museum which housed a lot of dinosaur skeletons. They even have a prepartion lab in the museum! This small town is all about dinosaurs. Everywhere you go, there are dinosaur statues - on the road side, in resident's front yards. Not too far from the museum is the badlands and hoodoos. I've seen the hoodoos in pictures but to see the site in person is pretty amazing.
Memorable moment in Drumheller - we saw this gravel trail that some people were driving through and we decided to try it too. Dumb idea. :) Part way through the trail the dirt road got muddy. Very muddy. We were lucky we were driving an SUV with all wheel drive but it was kinda scary navigating through this muddy trail. After we got to the end of the trail, we turned around and headed back - yes, again through the muddy trail. You can imagine what kind of shape the vehicle was in afterwards. It was badly in need of a car wash.

Day 2 - Vulcan, Alta
Yeah, there really is a place called Vulcan. This small town's claim to fame is the Star Trek centre. It's a souvenir shop that has all things Trekkie. Check out the picture we took with the Star Trek crew. They even had costumes for you to wear so you can blend in with the cardboard crew. We didn't try on the outfits but Jeff wore the Spock ears. Can you see it in the picture?

Day 2 - Waterton, Alta
The Waterton National Park is beautiful. It is also where the most photographed hotel (The Prince of Wales Hotel) is located. The hotel was under renovations so we didn't get to go inside to look around. Oh well, maybe next time. Too bad the weather wasn't so great. The entire time we were in Waterton, it snowed or rained. It snowed so much that they had to sand the roads. Can you believe our luck? Snow in June.

Day 3 - Crowsnest Pass and Frank Slide
Frank Slide was an incredible sight. It's hard to believe that this small town was buried by a chunk of falling mountain. There is so much rock. You have to see this in person to believe it. At first, I wondered why nobody tried to excavate the area but when you see it in person, you can understand why it is untouched.
Crowsnest Pass was very scenic. I made good use of my new camera. :) Jeff and I didn't know which one was Crowsnest mountain but we found one that we figure was it. What do you think?

Anyway, we are currently in Cranbrook, BC. Tomorrow, we will head out to Kimberley, BC and then to Banff. We got a great deal on the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel. Can't wait.

Toodles,
Pudgy and Puff