Day 5 - Great Falls to Lethbridge
We had a fairly slow day yesterday and spent the night at Bridgeview RV Resort in Lethbridge, Alberta.
We started the day with our first breakfast out at McDonald's. Then on to Walmart to stock up with canned and dry goods. Cec forgot about the restrictions on fresh fruit and vegetables, and we took those back for a refund.
She also ran into a couple we had first seen at the campground in Wakeeny, KS. They were towing an old 1950s vintage trailer, which we admired from as distance. Then in Douglas, Wyoming, there they were again, and Cec had a conversation with them at the campground pool. They were former Canadian residents and were headed to southern Canada for a vacation. On the way to Great Falls I speculated whether we would see them at Dick's RV Park? They are not there, although the campground was huge and could have easily hidden them. Then at Walmart, there they were! They promised to email use a list of things to see in Alberta.
The border crossing was easy. Most of the time was spent vetting the boys' birth certificates, IDs and parental permissions. They asked the usual questions about destination and length of stay. And, of course, they asked about guns. I was concerned that they might give an RV with Texas plates special scrutiny since all Texans carry guns, don't they? My biggest dread was a teat-it-apart search of the RV as once occurred to us with our car in Windsor, Ontario. But it didn't happen
We arrived at the campground earlier than our previous stops, and the weather was gorgeous, bright and a cool breeze blowing. So we decided to cook hot dogs on the grill.
After dinner the boys watched movies, Kaden something on his video device and Ben and Tristin watched a Harry Potter Movie on the TV.
Tomorrow we head for somewhere north of Edmonton. And we had to stop to buy fruits and vegetables.
We started the day with our first breakfast out at McDonald's. Then on to Walmart to stock up with canned and dry goods. Cec forgot about the restrictions on fresh fruit and vegetables, and we took those back for a refund.
She also ran into a couple we had first seen at the campground in Wakeeny, KS. They were towing an old 1950s vintage trailer, which we admired from as distance. Then in Douglas, Wyoming, there they were again, and Cec had a conversation with them at the campground pool. They were former Canadian residents and were headed to southern Canada for a vacation. On the way to Great Falls I speculated whether we would see them at Dick's RV Park? They are not there, although the campground was huge and could have easily hidden them. Then at Walmart, there they were! They promised to email use a list of things to see in Alberta.
The border crossing was easy. Most of the time was spent vetting the boys' birth certificates, IDs and parental permissions. They asked the usual questions about destination and length of stay. And, of course, they asked about guns. I was concerned that they might give an RV with Texas plates special scrutiny since all Texans carry guns, don't they? My biggest dread was a teat-it-apart search of the RV as once occurred to us with our car in Windsor, Ontario. But it didn't happen
We arrived at the campground earlier than our previous stops, and the weather was gorgeous, bright and a cool breeze blowing. So we decided to cook hot dogs on the grill.
After dinner the boys watched movies, Kaden something on his video device and Ben and Tristin watched a Harry Potter Movie on the TV.
Tomorrow we head for somewhere north of Edmonton. And we had to stop to buy fruits and vegetables.
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