Awake bright and early, we packed up and I headed to Subway. Well, it was the only change I had and I was suprisingly hungry for 10am, so Subway Melt it was, which was surprisingly delicious considering the time in the morning.
Off we trecked and straight away we were back into the middle of nowhere. First stop: The worlds biggest truck, which was pretty large! I couldn’t really understand how they could’ve purchased the worlds biggest dumper truck and then just stop using it and stick it in the middle of a park but hey I guess they thought that through 😉
There were some amazing views along the way, lots more mountains and trees, a huge landslide that completely covered a place called Frank, and lots of nice and exciting wildlife, notably a large bear wandering its way across the road in front of us.
Along the way we stopped off at “Bar U” a proper old ranch in the middle of nowhere. We started off with a nice walk around the site, and were met by a friendly man who drives a horse-drawn cart around the site who happened to be letting the horses have a drink. He offered us a tour and we couldn’t refuse! Around the site we went seeing all the old barns and buildings that have been restored and lovingly looked after; the place still seemed to actually operate as a ranch but it was hard to tell! Whilst I’m not a big horse fan this tiny kitten came from nowhere which was unbelievably cute, so tiny and VERY friendly, he got passed around and ended up cuddling up and falling asleep on B’s lap! He even miewed in protest when we finally thought we would move on! After a tour of a few more buildings, we went and sat round a fire, where a funny man handed up cups of tea and coffee and told stories of how it was in the “old times” but also chatted about Canada in general, we didn’t think he was going to let us leave but he was very interesting!
On the way towards Calgary, more wonderful views of huge huge lakes, creeks, and snow topped mountains. We took the scenic route, and it was slightly bizarre suddenly landing on the trans canada highway and 30 minutes later ending up in the city, with the view of the skyscrapers of the downtown in the distance, another pretty impressive view.
After being slightly confused with a changed road layout from what we were expecting (from the TomTom) we managed to end up at the Holiday Inn, a familiar format to the place we started in Vancouver. Rosie and I took a quick wander to the nearby Boston Pizza (EVERYTHING is nearby here!) for a quick takeaway and lounge infront of the TV before sleep 🙂