As we leave Lake Louise it's raining but you what?? I don't care we have ridden through so much rain this holiday I am so getting used to it. I have to pay credit to Venture (gloves) and Dririder (our pants and jackets) for keeping us dry and warm. Even though it is raining it's not very cold. And even though it's raining the scenery is still spectacular. Driving along the freeway out of Lake Louise the freeway is completely fenced all the way past Banff and the overpasses aren't to drive on they are freeways for the wildlife it's so cool.
The most amazing thing today is that we drive for over 130 miles without a stop the most incredible part of that is, that I don't need a nature stop!! Finally we stop at a service centre to fuel up the bike and us. The fast food restaurant is an A&W, I've been wanting to try their food for a while. It doesn't disappoint I have a chicken chubby BLT and sweet potato fries yum and the drinks come in huge pint sized glasses. It has stopped raining and we get back on the road only another 75 miles to go. We arrive in Fort Macleod in bright sunshine at 2pm we made very good time.
We go for a walk through town and learn a bit of the history of the town. A fairly unfortunate place that relied on the railway for it's economy but despite several assurances over the years that the railroad would definitely come to the town it never did. It came close within a mile and a half of the main town but not close enough according to the town's business people.
The supermarkets in Canada have the best pre-cooked microwave meals available for purchase. So dinner tonight is cheap and tasty
!! roast beef, mashed potato, vegetables and gravy. And David chooses chocolate fudge Ben & Jerry's for dessert.
In honour of our last day in Canada I have decided to let you in on a few of my observations about Canada and Canadians
Canadians
1. are very friendly and so cute (they say "eh?' after pretty much everything, "holy!" as an exclamation and "right on" quite a lot)
2. they are very social - several times we have seen groups of locals, men and women, having breakfast together particularly on Saturdays. One group stated that they eat breakfast together at the same MacDonalds EVERY morning.
3. like stacking rocks - everywhere and anywhere they stand as sentinels beside rivers, highways and at lookouts (viewpoints)
4. use river stones for "artworks" beside the highways - sometimes it's a name, sometimes a phrase and sometimes an image. Sometimes natural, sometimes painted. Today I saw an image, river stones coloured and in the image of a dreamcatcher it was quite clever and aesthetically pleasing.
Canada
1. has plastic/coloured money like us - truth be known they stole our technology.
2. measure ambient temperature in celsius like us.
3. travel in kilometres like us
4. have a lot of the same products as us in the supermarket.
5. has so many beautiful mountains.
6. has amazing wildlife
7. has won my heart.
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| coke A&W style |
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| fries and sweet potato fries with chipotle dipping sauce |
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| EF Holden on the highway today we had one of these in the late 60's early 70's it was green with cream trim and we called her Effie |
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