The car was hesitant to cross the border - but the canadian customs inspector was accommodating for the 45 minutes we were stalled there. Once rolling again, we drove north to the Trans-Canada highway (it all looked like Nebraska). We lunched in Moose Jaw (tasty gyros) and stopped for a snack afterwards:
Westward to Medicine Hat for the night. Nothing remarkable. The next morning, further west into Calgary. A very tasty lunch at an Indian restaurant recommended to Meg by one of her coworkers - a recent transplant from Calgary to Anchorage. As we got back on the highway, we could finally see the Rockies:
And soon after, into Banff National Park:
Then, the batteries died, so no more pictures for a while. We drove north along the the Icefields Highway in Banff. Truly beautiful scenery - you should make the trip if you have the opportunity (though fill up with gas BEFORE going into the park). We camped at the Pocohontas campgrounds in Jasper National Park, just north of Banff.
The next morning, we left the national parks and drove into Hinton for breakfast. Later that morning, we stopped for some gas and fresh cherries in Grand Cache, Alberta.
North up to Grand Prairie, which we got out of as quickly as we could.
(There were buildings, but we didn't bother to capture them)
A few more miled up the road found us in Dawson Creek, mile zero, the start of the Alaska Highway. We'll pick up here in our next post. Till then...
