The Rockies

September 24th, 2007 :

I think the Monday drive was one of our best and also perhaps the longest. It was over twelve hours of solid driving and the cats were a bit fractious at times.

The hotel in Regina offered a free breakfast at 7.00am, so we made sure we were down there reasonably fast at 7.15am, however, the place was deserted. The fact was we were early by one hour due to a time zone shift and we arrived at 6.15am.

The lady laughed and made sure we had enough to eat and as a bonus we had a half hour jump on the day.

The drive through Calgary was magnificent, the Rockies beckoned and we crawled through traffic, to our right we spotted a big bull moose going about his daily business, the traffic choked up due to construction and we spent a lot of time keeping the cats interested in their treats.

It felt like forever, but suddenly we were on open roads again, they became more twisty as we approached the beautiful Rockies and I thought for a moment that it was a shame that my mum and dad had never seen such a sight in their lifetimes.

The drive through the National Park was absolutely the event of the trip, it took a total of about five hours from Calgary to Revelstoke and our spirits were flying as we approached the town.

There had been some mix up via the internet booking and they had not been informed about the cats, however, they gave us perhaps the best room we had on our journey, right by the car parking space. The cats were unloaded once more and we headed out for our late evening dinner, ready for our last day.