B - reporting
We left quite early, heading over the river to have coffee and explore the Broadway neighbourhood. Lots of funky shops and attractive tree-lined streets...nice! But we have a long way to go so we hit the highway and went west, out of Saskatchewan and into Alberta.
The prairies are lovely, even though most of the land is no longer prairie grass but agriculture. This time of year the fields are all different colours, a sea of tall grasses*. Even the sides of the highway are covered with gorgeous purple and yellow flowers, shimmering in the wind under the enormous skies.
The scenery changed a bit when we crossed into Alberta, becoming rather scrubby with heavily-grazed lands and herds of cows. It became gradually more rolling as we approached Drumheller, Canada's Dinosaur Capital!
We found a campsite, which was very busy so we were lucky to secure a site. We had a 'mongolian-style' dinner (tinned meat, onion and veg all fried up, sounds disgusting but once the meat is in little crispy lumps it is yum!) and after enjoying the Blue Moon rising over the eastern hills had an early night.
*am not a farmer, not sure what the crops are
We left quite early, heading over the river to have coffee and explore the Broadway neighbourhood. Lots of funky shops and attractive tree-lined streets...nice! But we have a long way to go so we hit the highway and went west, out of Saskatchewan and into Alberta.
The prairies are lovely, even though most of the land is no longer prairie grass but agriculture. This time of year the fields are all different colours, a sea of tall grasses*. Even the sides of the highway are covered with gorgeous purple and yellow flowers, shimmering in the wind under the enormous skies.
The scenery changed a bit when we crossed into Alberta, becoming rather scrubby with heavily-grazed lands and herds of cows. It became gradually more rolling as we approached Drumheller, Canada's Dinosaur Capital!
We found a campsite, which was very busy so we were lucky to secure a site. We had a 'mongolian-style' dinner (tinned meat, onion and veg all fried up, sounds disgusting but once the meat is in little crispy lumps it is yum!) and after enjoying the Blue Moon rising over the eastern hills had an early night.
*am not a farmer, not sure what the crops are
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