Last Day in Dino Park 
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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Dinosaur Provincial Park 
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.

View when first entering park (click on picture for full size).

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Long drive to Regina 
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. We kept bicycling around the city parkland, found the city "Bird Sanctuary" and had fun looking at the Pelicans up close.
-Joe


The American White Pelican stretching after waking up from a nap.

A Mute Swan at the bird sanctuary.

Le Jardin Espirit near the University

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In Winnepeg 
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.
-Joe

190 degree panorama of Winnipeg city center (CLICK it to see full size)

Winnipeg Skyline while entering

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Into Canada We Go 
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 changed her mind... They were worried since we had winter clothes, etc..
and all of our gear, she said she believed we weren't going to LEAVE!!!
After about 3 hours, we sped off with our "permit", which says we have to be out by the end of august.
FOund a great spot right off hwy 71. went searcing for a lake to swim in,
ended up biking 15 or so miles until we found a great little spot down an
abandoned road. little chairs and a private little lake.
-Joe


We saw this in International Falls.. Apparently it's how they dump the grain out of the trucks?!?

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