August 13th to 15th High River and Spring Hill to Golden BC.

We are definitely going back to Tillebrook, Dinosaur Park and Patricia…..might even do the Patricia rodeo…..we will see.

In the meantime we are getting perilously close to Calgary and meeting up with the youngest offspring (and off loading her belongings….!!!)

Harvest Host no. 4 is High River Brewing ( https://hrbrewco.com/ ) a very pleasant little craft brewer in High River, just south of Calgary. They don’t serve food themselves…but they have afood truck arrive through the evening, and menus for local restaurants/eateries that deliver. They also have live music going on……very friendly little place.

Best part of it tho……got my kid for a visit…!!!!

We had secured a spot at Springhill RV for the following night……so pulled the trailer through Calgary..(not for the timid or feint of heart )…..

Spring Hill is on top of a ridge where normally there would be a full view of the mountains……there was a grass fire at Calgary airport …and a wildfire just off the Trans-Canada at Dead \mans Flats so the view was mostly smoke….!!!

One night here and then off to Golden…..and our first drive through the mountains.

Just shy of Banff is Dead Mans Flats….and the scene of the previous days wildfire right by the road….

The parks have these neat animal bridges to protect the various wild creatures that live here from the highway….

The view was…..limited……

I’m sure there are mountains up there somewhere…..and I’m sure they are very impressive….!!!

You know its a scary hill when there’s a truck run off lane for trucks with brake failure…!!!!

The drive passes through Banff National Park, Kootenay National Park, and Yoho National Park……even through the smoke its pretty spectacular…..

It is most certainly NOT a boring drive…….and thank heavens for trailer brakes, engine brakes and a driver with nerves of steel….(not me…!!)

Just before Golden is the Kicking Horse Pass….which is currently the subject of a huge construction project…to widen it from two to four lanes….lots of massive equipment……concrete barriers narrowing the road…and some twisty corners (too scared to scream by this point…!!)

We made it to Golden…….not the most spectacular campground……but it was handy for the jumping off to the various spots over the next few days.

Bronagh and her friend Ajay joined us on the campsite for four days of hikes exploration and fun.