Alberta! Wild rose country!

We are currently in Alberta. Only one province away from home! We can hardly believe we've come this far! When we left Vancouver last October we had no idea what was in store for us, or how challenging it would be! Seriously folks, it's been a lot of work! A fellow RV'er Jim, back in Needles California, said to us….."You're going to do what?! Well, you'll only do that once!" Well Jim, you are correct! Haha! That said, what an experience! We don't regret it for a second! OK, enough nostalgia! Back to Alberta! We decided to treat ourselves again to an actual campground! Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (in Alberta & Saskatchewan) The plateau of the park is 200 meters above the surrounding prairie. Making it the highest point between the Canadian Rockies and the Labrador Peninsula! Hard to believe! The park consists of lakes, rolling hills, grasslands, and even a ski hill! We stayed at Elkwater Lake with about 5 other campers... Until the long weekend rolled around! The best part of our stay was the night sky. No city lights, and no visible moon on this particular evening! Pure darkness except for the stars and campfires. But the best part was when the Aurora Borealis appeared!! It was spectacular!! It went on for at least an hour, and was better than any planetarium show! The only sounds were the crackling of the fire and our fellow campers oohing and awing! So amazing! So lucky! All righty, on to some photos! No Northern lights unfortunately, I was to busy frozen in my chair with my mouth hanging open!

Our lake shore property! 

Ok, perhaps this isn't exactly hard work….

One of the many trails!

A fellow neighbour!

The "Loner" 

During our 3 days of camping we took a drive to explore the park and surrounding area. A beautiful part of Alberta! Something unexpected when you always picture endless skies and fields of golden wheat!

Darn traffic!

Reesor Lake, which is also located in the Cypress Hill's park. It is another area to camp with primitive sites (no amenities), and a little harder to get to as you can see from the picture below! 

A little off road driving! Graham in his glory!

This is a B&B and dude ranch, dating back to 1904. I so want to come back here!!

Reesor Ranch welcoming committee! This guy was on his back waiting for a belly rub before we got out of the car!

Another roadside stop. This is a historical plaque, marking the area where the first mounted police officer was killed by violence. Constable Marmaduke Graburn was shot, his killer was never found. 

Battle Creek. This tiny creek makes it's way all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico! 

We are West coasters… but I have to say, we love it here!