Sunday morning, August 7, 2022 we packed everything up, tore everything down and prepared to leave Canada. Milk River, where we were staying for our last few nights in The Great White North, was only about 15 miles from the Canada/U.S. border crossing in Coutts/Sweetgrass. But, before we could leave Milk River, we had a […]
Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S., Back in the U.S. of A – August 7, 2022 Read More »
Friday and Saturday, August 5th and 6th were pretty quiet days for us. We took Bella for a walk over to the Milk River Travel Information Centre which has been closed and remains closed. They had some nice dog-walking areas and a full-sized Tyrannosaurus Rex sculpture. Dinosaur fossils have been unearthed across the entire Milk
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When we arrived at Under Eight Flags Campground the previous day, the campground manager gave us some information on a nearby grocery store and Truck/RV Wash (both Nomad and Voyager were filthy from our drives through Canada and Alaska). She also told us about the Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park and their hoodoos (a tall, thin spire
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 we left the wonderful town of Vulcan, Alberta and drove 181 kilometers (112 miles) south to Milk River, Alberta. This would be our last location staying in Canada before crossing back into the Lower 48 a few days later. We first crossed into Canada 2 months earlier on June 4, 2022
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Back many moons ago, when we were planning this portion of our return trip from Alaska, we couldn’t help but notice that we would be driving by the home planet of Mr. Spock of Star Trek. Yes, your intrepid explorers would be making an almost-planetary stop at Vulcan, Alberta, Canada. On Sunday, July 31, 2022
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As you might have guessed, we were on time for our 9 am appointment for new Goodyear Endurance tires on Thursday, July 28th, but our tires were not. The woman at the counter said the tires were on their way and were supposed to be there within an hour, brought by a Rouseneaux truck. We
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Sunday, July 24 to Thursday, July 28, 2022 we were waiting for the new leaf springs to come in and doing some things around Whitecourt and our campground. Sunday we went to pick up some groceries and stopped at a restaurant called Original Joe’s where we were told we could get authentic poutine. This was
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While sitting at the Eagle River Campground on Saturday afternoon, July 23, 2022, we decided to replace our front door window. Back in Grande Prairie when we had the power tongue jack replaced we also picked up some other items from the RV store. These included something we’e wanted for a while; a new Thin
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Hannah told us to expect the tow truck around 10:30 am Saturday Morning, July 23, 2022. We got up early after mostly tossing and turning the night before anyway and Cindy made us breakfast. It was a good thing we were ready early as the tow truck arrived at 9:55 am, but I had no
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After a restful night at Summer’s Gold Farms and each getting a strawberry shake made from fresh strawberries, Cindy and I were in good spirits as we began our roughly two-hour drive to Whitecourt, Alberta on Friday, July 22, 2022 where we had scheduled five nights at the Eagle River Campground, a First Nation Casino