Day 12 of Our RV Journey to Canada & Alaska 5/24/14 (Travel to Canmore, Canada)

This morning we pulled out of the campground at Swift Current at 8:20.  This is a travel day ….destination was going to be Tillebrook Providence Park near Brooks, Canada but we were all for traveling further so the destination is somewhere in the Banff  area (which is almost twice as far as we originally planned to travel today).  Banff area has more to see so we might spend some extra time there if we decide we want to.

While traveling today, we crossed into the  Canadian Province of Alberta….so I can add that province to my Canadian Provinces Visited in RV map that is on the left hand side of our blog.  Our map that we have on the slide of our RV is only a United States Map so purchasing a map of the US, Canada & Alaska  will be in our future when we get back to the states.

Today, the larger cities we traveled through was Medicine Hat, Brooks, Strathmore, Calgary,  & Canmore. Banff National Park is just a few miles away so I’m sure there will be some interesting sights in store for us there.

Some pictures I took along our route:

We drove around Calgary, Canada.  I looked it up...Calgary has 1,120,225 population and is expected to grow 120,000 in the next 5 years.  It looked like houses were maybe 4 feet from each other .... can't imagine living like that; makes me thankful that I grew up in a rural area.  We were happy to see that there was a highway that went around Calgary.

Notice the mountains in the horizon below.

Downtown Calgary from a far distance (below)

After we got around Calgary, the scenery really started getting beautiful as we drove closer and closer to the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

the Canadian flag with the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the background

Canmore, Alberta

We are staying overnight (maybe longer) at the Spring Creek Mountain Village RV Park in Canmore, Alberta, Canada nestled in the valley surrounded by beautiful snow capped mountains.  OMG!!!......absolutely "beautiful" here!!! 

(30 amp F/HU w/ WiFi $47.25/night)

our rig in this park surrounded by mountains

For those of you in the United States, "Have a Happy Memorial Day Weekend"!!  

Total Miles Traveled Today = 400.3

Bob filled up the truck with diesel in Canmore close to the RV Park. (43.32 gallons=$198.95 w/ conversion)

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