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      • Dickey Lake Campground
        08/31/06
        We spent August 30th & 31st at the Dickey Lake National forest campground. At only $7/night we decided to stay 2 days since it was cold and rainy. Sat and read and played Erin's Rainy-day gift of Battleship and Chess in addition to starting to watch KungFu Series on DVD... Very lazy days :

      • Logging Road Boondock
        08/29/06
        We spent our last remaining Canada "Clearance" boondocked down a logging road. (N 49°19'24" W 115°12'28") We took a bike ride down an unmarked road towards a nearby lake. Ran into a Grampa and a couple grandkids. He invitied us to swim off of his dock, Had a good

      • Radium Hot Springs
        08/27/06
        Nice Lazy, Lazy day!
        We drove a bunch, from Golden,BC down to Cranbrook,BC. We stopped and
        lazed in the "Hot Springs" at Radium,BC it was busy, but HUGE, so there was plenty of room, it was just 2 giant outdoor swimming pools, one fed by hot springs below the building. a

      • Another Long Hike
        08/26/06
        Today we continued our drive down highway 1. We stopped at a 'lake' (it looked more like a pond or even pool). We then went on a 13km hike up to the upper lookout of Mount Hunter. It was an elevation gain of over a kilometer!. Ouch. We are going to hurt tomorrow.
        We are now out

      • Lake Louise
        08/26/06
        Joe captured the mouse! We let him go into the woods as we were leaving the campground. We continued our journey down highway 1A stopping at info spots along the way. We pulled off at a picnic area and there was an old road blocked off from vehicle traffic that we biked down. Once in Lake Louise

      • Long Hike
        08/24/06
        Last night we dealt with the mouse some more. Joe made a psuedo mouse trap out of an old yogurt container. Later we heard it chewing on some wrappers on the table and found that it was eating one of our granola bars we'd left out. We set that on the counter hoping to actually catch it with t

      • Banff
        08/23/06
        We slept terribly last night because there was some creature making noise INSIDE our RV. It sounded like chewing. We took turns getting up with a flashlight to try to catch it, but never could. Joe apparently thought it was a cockroach or some big bug. I thought it sounded more like a mouse. Af

      • Last Day in Dino Park
        08/22/06
        Today we stayed inside a lot again. Very hot. I did a lab tour and learned some about how they prepare the fossils for transport and what they do to display them in museums. Pretty neat. Joe found a dinosaur bone and reported it.
        We left with the intent to head to Calgary and stay at a Wa

      • First Full Day in Dino Park
        08/21/06
        This morning I woke up at 6am and went bird watching down one of the trails that goes by the river. There were a lot of different birds and some really neat trees. The hike is supposed to take less than an hour and I was gone for two. :) Afterwards we went to the visitor center to see about tours

      • Dinosaur Provincial Park
        08/20/06
        We stopped at an awesome City Water park in medicine hat. It was only $6 admission!
        Hot showers, rope swing, water slide, etc.. good fun. Afterwords we ventured off to the Dinosoar Park.
        Jaw dropping terrain.. You drive through endless farmland, and then suddenly hit this!
        we did

      • Medicine Hat
        08/19/06
        Arrived in Medicine Hat, Went for a bike ride along the city's trails, Good size bluffs all over the place, desert ontop, green grass below. I took a "short cut" to get to Miranda and noticed that i had just run over cactus!!!!
        OMG dummy. (they have cactus in Canada!!??)

      • Swift Current
        08/18/06
        Fixed our Black smoke/Sticky Choke problem with a tristytie wire....
        RV starts up Great now.. Not sure if I'm opening it too far now?? Or if it can even be open too far.. Oh well.. seems good. Stopped at Swift current's Walmart for the night. It's hard to drive the RV more t

      • One More Day in Regina
        08/17/06
        Moved our Camper to the Next Walmart in town :) then went for a bike ride to
        center of downtown Regina. On the way back we stopped at a great museum,
        highest quality displays i've ever seen!
        -Joe


        One of the displays. Included many stuffed specimans.

      • Long drive to Regina
        08/16/06
        After 7 hours of driving we are now at Regina,SK. We would not normally drive so far, but it's all farmland, so nowhere to Boondock!.. Regina appears to be a nice city. We parked at a walmart and rode bikes alongside a town creek. Found internet at the first park bench we tried! how nice. W

      • Lake Audy
        08/15/06
        Miranda wanted to see bison, So we headed towards Lake Audy. the 12 mile drive took over 2 hours!!! SO washboarded.. afraid we were ripping the camper apart.
        Once there though, we saw some bison, Maybe about 20 across a field.
        found a nice capsite by lake audey. Water was really weedy

      • Riding Mountain National Park
        08/14/06
        After taking a morning ride around Brandon,MB
        we decided to drive up to Riding Mountians National Park. Miranda was really excited for a real shower, So we stayed at the main campground in wasagaming. Went for a LONG bike ride down hiking trails (23miles) in search of "Whirlpool Lake"

      • Heading West of Winnipeg
        08/13/06
        We slept in a Walmart parking lot tonight.. Spent the morning biking around
        winnipeg, rode along the red river in town... They actually have river taxis!! and very good bike system, people biking everywhere :)
        We are running low on our "utility" water and now have to decide

      • In Winnepeg
        08/12/06
        We drove a long way today... too long! Gas is like $4.20 or so a gallon up here!!! omg.. Going to try to find a parking lot to spend the night in tonight whilst we figure out if there's anything to do here :)
        finally found internet though.. took 30 or so trys at different spots.
      • Inflatable Canoe Trial
        08/11/06
        We tested the Inflatable canoe, Very Good Boat!
        Stayed dry and not that slow!, very comfortable. It's a Sevylor Colorado.
        Paddled around the entire little lake. not much other than a pair of loons and some birds.
        Lots of Waterbugs.
        -Joe

      • New Lake Spot
        08/10/06
        Miranda found road access to the private swimming hole we found last night.
        So we moved the rv to 5' from the water!. perfect private lake. we may need to stay here a while :)
        Windy night... Scary Low Frequency Sounds while we were sleeping, finally figured it was the webbing on the

      • Into Canada We Go
        08/09/06
        Spent 3 hours in Canadian Customs!!!
        After 4 agents searched our Entire Camper for half an hour, They head agent told us to turn around!!!
        I Tried to find ways around, and "lightly" argued (didnt want a cavity search) and gave a fat lip for 20 minutes.
        She eventually chan

      • Heading Out For Good
        08/08/06
        We are actually leaving for our trip! We plan to head up to International Falls and cross the border into Canada, then take the TransContinental Highway through Canada to Kalispell, MT. It's doubtfall we'll get internet often during our trip so the diary will not get updated everyday, bu

      • Up in Tower,MN
        08/05/06
        Visiting my family, waiting for Sara to have her child yet...

        Today we swam at lake ore-be-gone and did the fitness trail at Laurentian.. (ouch)
        -Joe


        Miranda on the raft at Joe's mom's house with Odie with Laura jet skiing for the first time in the backgrou

      • Packed up and heading out...
        08/03/06
        I have completely finished work, and we finished packing up the RV and house, now it's time to Go!!! We're going to waste a few days bumming around the Iron Range while we wait for Miranda's sister Sara to have her new child. (By Aug 8th) Then We'll head out and not look

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