Late September

September 26, 2011

Well, Tom was going through football withdrawals so I took him out to dinner tonight at the Wood, a nice restaurant/bar in Canmore where they have both internet and Monday night football….we’re both happy! He can watch and I can catch up on e-mails and stuff.

We had a pretty quiet week and over the weekend we were only about half full. We only have 15 more days here and if they are as slow as last week, we’ll have lots of time to do other stuff. We did go to Banff the other day…it was fun to shop the main street. We went out for lunch at the Rose and Crown and had some really good fish and chips. This horse and carriage was kind of cool...it was downtown Banff as were the names of some of the restaurants. Didn’t see any wildlife, but had a good time checking out the town. I’m sure if we went out onto some of the mountain roads we’d run into all sorts of wildlife. We’ll have to do that one day before we leave. I’d still like to get pictures of Elk and black bear. We’ve seen both, but either didn’t have the camera or it was too dark outside for pictures.

The other night we were coming back from a run through the campground and Oso was hanging out the window as is his favourite spot to be. He started going nuts when we got close to home and just wouldn’t stop barking. Even when we got home and out of the truck and there was nothing around, he barked his brains out.

We went in the trailer and tried to calm him but he wouldn’t have it. It wasn’t long and a huge bull moose walked right in front of our site. He had antlers at least four feet across…no wonder Oso was barking. He’s struck on bears as well…those Keralian Bear Dogs have nothing on him!

Actually, when we did have trouble with grizzlies in the campsite, Alberta Parks sent a fellow out who had Keralian Bear Dogs and sniffed them out. When the dogs started barking, he knew they had struck on a bear…same as Oso.

The weather this past weekend was beautiful…warm, clear and a little windy. It was just a gorgeous day on Saturday and then Sunday it got a bit more windy. Last night it rained a bit and this morning we had snow on the mountains across the lake. The leaves are really turning colour quickly…most of them just turn a bright yellow, but occasionally we see an orange bush or redish tree…it’s very pretty here right now.

I’ve been taking more moose pictures…I think I’m addicted. They are so amazing.