In the morning We drove to Lake Miniwanka and we saw two Martens fighting. We then went to Upper Bankhead and biked down a very gravelly trail.
On the way back it started pouring so we got soaked! A little later we checked out Lower Bankhead and saw an Elk.
We drove around Banff then we up and stayed in the Upper Bankhead parking lot. The scenery was beautiful.
-Miranda
Beautiful picture of the mountains.
One of the martens.
The Elk.
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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 Walmart tonight, but Calgary was not very RV friendly. Very cramped feeling and the only Walmart we could find easily was in a mall and said no overnight parking. We decided just to leave. We ended up driving all the way to Banff and staying in Two-Jack Campground.
-Miranda
I found a Dino Bone!!! Whooo hoo!
-Joe
Joe's dino bone.
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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.Most of the park is a natural perserve and you can't go into it without a guided tour. So, we went on the Badlands Bus Tour. It was a lot of fun and we got to see and learn some really neat things. That was over at noon so we basically stayed in until evening because it is very toasty here.
-Miranda
Sunrise in the badlands.
Bird silhouette.
Mule Deer.
A 200 year old cotton wood tree.
A Yellow Warbler, Cedar Waxwing, and Grey Catbird that I saw on my walk.
Phred the camel (a hoodoo) with a pyramid behind him.
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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 a little hiking and saw some neat displays of dinosaur bones, still in the ground. We also saw an old quarry site.
-Joe
The trail near our campsite leading up to the visitor center.
Us during our eveningish hike.
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View when first entering park (click on picture for full size).
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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!!??) Anyways, 5 miles into the ride.. Pffffttttt... Flat tire!! .. so we walk about a mile and find a bike shop that's open!! get it fixed right up, and off again! 5 miles farther, all the way to the other side of town... Pfffffffttttt..... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.... Must have missed a tiny cacti present. Luckily i asked a city bus driver and he took pity on us and let us bring the bikes into the bus (no racks) dropped us off within a mile of the same bike shop.... Yeehaw.. . Then as we were leaving, My shifter Cable... SSSNNNNAAAAPpPPPpppp!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... couldn't believe it, went right back and turned out a bolt just had to be tightened.... hopefully we make it back to the RV, as we're still about 3 miles from it... Found internet on a small curb island. Think it's enough biking for today.
Off to Dinosaur Park tomorrow!!
-Joe
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