good morning mr. bear

Our conversation at 7 a.m. this morning:

Dave: Jennifer, there’s a bear in front of your car.

Me: there is? Where?

Dave: in front of your car

Me: oh, ok. What are you gonna to do?

Dave: I’m going to go sit in the car. You coming?

Me: uh, ya.

For something that you always think would be a terrifying experience was actually very non-eventful. We just stood outside the car and watched as our new friend went about his business wandering around eating berries and digging old tree stumps for bugs. He hardly even knew we were there.

We had delicious eggs bennie at the Prince of Wales hotel for one last view overlooking Waterton Lake and the mountains.

We stopped at Frank’s Slide where in 1903 the side of a mountain slid and killed more than 90 people in the small mining town below. The debris field is 2 miles wide, 1 mile long and 3 stories high.

We crossed the Alberta / B.C. border today at 2:27 p.m – so we spent 7 days in Alberta.

We randomly came across the world’s largest truck in Sparwood, B.C. I initially thought it was just meant to be a tourist attraction – but it’s actually a real truck used for mining.

We stayed at Whiteswan Lake Provincial Park, a 30 kms drive down a steep dirt logging road deep into the mountains on a beautiful crystal blue lake. It was the last night in our trusty tent, the zipper on the door broke so we had to sleep with it partly pinned. The bright side is we’re no longer in bear country so didn’t need to worry about bears curling up with us during the night, the not-so-bright side is it was very windy and chilly, so made for an uncomfortable sleep.

Westfalia = 10 (that’s 7 today!)

Today is my mom’s Birthday. Happy birthday mummzie!