The day started out nice but turned cool and blustery, strong NW winds, rain showers off and on as we headed toward Alberta, roads are good, not much traffic, gained an hour when we entered Alberta, so it will appear that we have not been on the road as many hours as we actually have by days end eh! Stopped at the one and only truck stop along highway 16 between the border and our destination, while Woody fuelled the truck I walked Oreo, this area sits atop a hill and the wind was just whistling over the hill, I actually had to put my hood up, getting an earache from the cold wind! Of course, Oreo did not care; she was only interested in sniffing all the gopher holes in the grassy area of the field surrounding the truck stop. She had a good time, we spent about ½ hour there, felt good to stretch the legs for us also, and our bodies are starting to complain loudly from all the travelling, everyday takes a toll on the back, not enough exercise, too much sitting. We do have an exercise machine and message chair in the garage area but I did not want to ask Woody to untie his bike, drag it outside so I could use the machine or chair. I know he would have done it cheerfully if I asked but I did not have the heart, he was feeling wiped out from all the driving over the last few days. Still we feel blessed that we are able travel, just will do a better planning job for the next long trip this fall. We knew this trip would be a little wearing just as the trip we made in 2006, even though we took more time this trip, still to many one night stops, experience is a good teacher eh! As we got closer to our destination, the weather improved, clouds disappeared, winds became light, and we are happy looks like we will not be setting up in the rain. Reached the campground around 5:00 pm, our heart sank when we approached the entrance, a narrow entrance with a narrow road with and instant turn, decided to pull up along side the campground on the road and Woody will walk in to have a look. I took Oreo for a walk while Woody was looking around, my heart was pumping, and my stomach was in turmoil, what will do if we cannot get into this campground, sure did not want to turn around, drive back towards Edmonton and book into the expensive Golden Embers Campground. Woody was thinking the exact same thing I knew, he had told me before we arrived that if possible he would get our rig in this campground, at first glance it did appear to be well cared for with lots of grass and trees, much nicer than Golden Embers. After what seemed an eternity Woody returned and told me we have a real nice big site, we just have to back up the rig down the road and there is a second entrance the owner will open the gate, it is a back in site but no problem getting into it, lots of room to swing the rig around and back in. Owner helped us back in, we need one person on each side to make sure nothing gets hit while swinging the rig and backing in the spot. The owner gave Woody a compliment on the good job he did with this big rig, quote from owner “I drove semi trucks for years and you did an awesome job”, all I know is I was happy to have it parked without any difficulties and I know Woody was also! Here are a few pics of our summer home, wish all of our friends could visit us here, how about it guys, anyone for driving to Alberta for a visit, we will be here until September 30 when this campground closes?
We have trees on two sides, fenced also. The trailer you see in the background are our neighbors and are fulltime Rvers also, will be here until September 30th, so no worries about neighbors on that side eh!
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