We spotted a gap in the mountains today and headed for it at top speed with the Kootenay Indians hot on our trail. Well ok not really but we did cross the Rockies today and are now on the other side.
We left Radium this morning without having seen any bighorn sheep there despite the fact that it’s supposed to be the unofficial bighorn sheep capital of North America. It’s a cute little town but I don’t think we’ll be coming back any time soon.
We had a 5-hour drive today (which is always longer since we are pulling our home with us), but the scenery was very different than we have been used to seeing the past few weeks, the road was fairly flat and very lush and green.
The Rockies were ahead of us this morning and were just resplendent with the morning sun on them and none of the morning fog obscuring the peaks; a magnificent last look at the Canadian Rockies, at least for this trip. About half way through our drive we crossed the Rockies, said goodbye to British Columbia and headed into Alberta. We crossed the Rockies at Crow’s Nest Pass, which is a string of former coal mining towns in a stunning but wild looking valley. We stopped for gas on the Indian Reservation and Mike was very happy cos he only paid 90.9c for it; at least he was happy until we hit the next town and they had gas for 88.9c. Never mind, at 90.9c it was still 20c less than we have been paying up here.
We are spending the next two nights in Lethbridge. The drive here wasn’t too bad until we got into the city and then we got lost and ended up down some gravel road. I blamed Nell but turns out Mike had plugged the wrong address in, I guess technology really is only as good as the person operating it – he should leave it to me I think. After correcting Mikes little mistake we finally found the campsite and got unhitched in no time even though it was super hot and there were mosquitoes everywhere - nasty little buggers!
We did drive into Lethbridge the city tonight - I'm glad we are only spending two nights here as it's not a very welcoming place. The roads here are weird too, I can't really describe what's wrong with them, they are just not easy to drive around on.

Mike: I think Nell must have put in the wrong address. Nice park, too bad it was
under water day before yesterday. Nasty little river!