glasseye
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My mattress was toast and if there's one thing I learned from a $12 motel in Tucumcari NM, it's that a crap bed makes for a crap sleep.
IKEA has mattresses that come rolled up, thus enabling Frito to transport one from the nearest IKEA in Calgary, six hours east.
It's the first few days of October and the roads are empty and beautiful. Rather than go straight to CowTown, I decided to divert via Jasper, AB. Several hundred miles out of my way.
My first overnight stop was in Radium Hot Springs, where I latched on to some public WiFi and watched the entire Trump/Biden debate, live. I should have known better. Worse, there was nowhere to take a shower after.
The iPad proved an effective comms device. My supper wasn't ruined, but it certainly wasn't enhanced much by the political antics.
I slept in downtown Radium, fueled up, got a coffee, cleaned my windshield, and moved out.
My National Park entry fee. Two nights, three of the world's best, most-visited National Parks: seventeen bucks. Hell of a deal.
Less than an hour later, I was here, in Kootenay National Park.
Sometimes, you just have to laff at yourself. Here I am in one of Canada's most scenic locations and all I have is my phone. I sold my Nikon D800 last week. (long story) All the images in this thread are from my Google Pixel 3.
Lake Louise and Moraine Lake were on my "if possible" list, but their parking lots were closed. I moved on.
I stopped at Bow Lake where this group was having a world class picnic.
You can see them here at extreme left.
I can only attach five files per post, so to be continued...
IKEA has mattresses that come rolled up, thus enabling Frito to transport one from the nearest IKEA in Calgary, six hours east.
It's the first few days of October and the roads are empty and beautiful. Rather than go straight to CowTown, I decided to divert via Jasper, AB. Several hundred miles out of my way.
My first overnight stop was in Radium Hot Springs, where I latched on to some public WiFi and watched the entire Trump/Biden debate, live. I should have known better. Worse, there was nowhere to take a shower after.
The iPad proved an effective comms device. My supper wasn't ruined, but it certainly wasn't enhanced much by the political antics.
I slept in downtown Radium, fueled up, got a coffee, cleaned my windshield, and moved out.
My National Park entry fee. Two nights, three of the world's best, most-visited National Parks: seventeen bucks. Hell of a deal.
Less than an hour later, I was here, in Kootenay National Park.
Sometimes, you just have to laff at yourself. Here I am in one of Canada's most scenic locations and all I have is my phone. I sold my Nikon D800 last week. (long story) All the images in this thread are from my Google Pixel 3.
Lake Louise and Moraine Lake were on my "if possible" list, but their parking lots were closed. I moved on.
I stopped at Bow Lake where this group was having a world class picnic.
You can see them here at extreme left.
I can only attach five files per post, so to be continued...
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