What was the first thing we saw as we crossed into Alberta?
DaGirls first stop was going to be William A. Switzer Provincial Park. W.A. Switzer park is about 16 miles west of Hinton on Hwy 40. Planned, what planned, “We Don’t Need No Stinking Plan” this is DaGirls Rv and we travel when and where we want.
We arrived after a long drive up and down the hills and then battling a head/side wind the last of the 50 miles. After signing in, checking out the sites we pulled into site F24. Long and spacious, that and 30 amps power we were all setup for the next 2 nights.
Next morning off we went in search of strange and unusual sites in the area:
Including these 2 on one of the back roads we traveled:
Our next stop was at the Nordic Center Road to the observation area
Once up, the final 3/4 of a kilometer (steep climb) the view was worth it.
Susan was deep in thought. What was she thinking? trips, grandkids, family, friends, what are DaGirls doing for 2016, Della, Tilly ?
Not really, she was reading about the Railroad tracks down below. But her thoughts produce some amazing results:
Once off the mountain, we headed into the town of Hinton around 6:30 ish, why you might ask? To see the Beaver Boardwalk. You see, there is a colony of beavers that have lived inside town for over 20 years. The town built a boardwalk thru the marsh area so people could come and go and see the beavers. Yep, for over 20 years this colony has lived and been part of the town.
Susan and I were very fortunate that we arrived in time.
Now for the sad news, while we were driving we came upon a gathering of cars on the side of the road. It seems someone had hit a Mountain Lion and then someone was putting it in the back of his truck. We came just in time to snap photos and then we reported what we saw, and in the process, we found that when this happens it is to be reported and may not be possible to take the body for your own.
So we asked to be kept informed as to the outcome of what happens.
On our travel day (31st) we decided to park DaGirls in town, and then take the DaGirls jeep up to the high country. We talked to the ranger at the Bathtub Visitor Centre, she explained about the trophy rams up in the Whitehorse area. They are in a protected zone. She explained to take Hwy 40 to the town of Cadomin, and then just continue on the dirt road up past the tree line in the mountains. We should have asked how far the road was and was it a traveled road. We must have driven over 19 Klicks up the dirt road past Cadomin, and we still must have had over 30 klicks to go. We decided to turn around at the Mountain Park Cemetery:
and head back to DaGirls as we knew with the wind coming up had Jasper a busy place, well you understand.
Once back into Cadomin and heading home and telling ourselves about the lost chance of seeing Trophy Rams look what we can across:
We had learned from our work at Custer State Park, that the Goats and Sheep's love to lick the roads. It seems they are able to get certain chemicals such as salt from the road.
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