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Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump
Published: September 28th 2012North America » Canada » Alberta » Lethbridge
September 2nd 2012
Heading South about an hour we get to Nanton where there is the Nanton Air Museum and the Nanton Candy Store. We stop and have a look through the museum and buy some lollies (or should we say candy). The museum was interesting, they had a lot of different planes to look at and you could go inside a few of them too. The candy store had lots of cool candy we could remember from when we were little but don’t really see anymore, our purchases consisted of poprocks and sherbert. We carried on to our destination, Head Smashed in Buffallo Jump, It was an interesting place to visit, the building was built into the side of a hill, we stopped at the theatre and watched a video of what the Buffallo Jump was and how ... read more
Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump and Fort McCloud
Published: August 17th 2012North America » Canada » Alberta » Lethbridge
August 5th 2012
5th August ’12 Calgary to Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump and Fort McCloud, Alberta We left Calgary on a Sunday so fortunately the streets were really quiet, obviously a good day to drive in the city. As we left we passed through an interesting area which was hosting the Fringe Festival and looked much more inviting than Downtown where we had stayed. Then we were out on the Deerfoot Trail (the main highway south) and after 2 ½ hours we reached the turn off to Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump – a place we read about and were intrigued by right back in the trip planning stages. It is actually the location of one of the original Blackfoot Indian Buffalo Jumps. This dates back thousands of years to the time before Indians had either guns or ... read more
July 3rd 2012
Hi, Well here we are about to head out for Saskatchewan tomorrow morning, first stop Cypress Hills. At the begining of June we spent 2 weeks in Lethbridge and then went to Drumheller for 2 weeks then back to Lethbridge for 5 days. We did a lot of visiting with my sisters and families in Lethbridge. Now we are anxcious to get on the road.... read more
February 29th 2012
Hello from the western part of this great country of ours. We have blown through the prairies! It has been so long since my last blog that I will not bore you with too much written details. Enjoy the pics and captions. Can't wait to see everyone soon. Flying home on Saturday, March 3rd. Until then, Cheers, Weedie and Jeepa xoxo... read more
July 31st 2011
I have 21 days left and I have not done anything. I have gone to Fairmont and lazed around for 4 days, and now I am at my sisters in lethbridge. Basically I have not done anything since I stopped working at my summer job. I must start planning for the new school year though. I will start that tomorrow. It has been a pretty good week though altogether. I am not really much of a blogger but this is my basic entry so that I may start posting when I get to China.... read more
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December 7th 2010
Our trip to Lethbridge was short and sweet, but eventful none the less. We stayed with Christian's Cousin Eric and his wife Oleta, and they were great to us. An amazing home cooked meal every supper, and great company all around. Eric even had Christian out working with him one day, which Christian thought was amazing. Eric owns and runs his own renovation business and Christian loves tinkering with carpentry stuff. Eric and Christian also went to see a WHL game between the Lethbridge Hurricane and the Medicine Hat Tigers the second night we were there. Meanwhile I mostly hung around with Oleta and Susan (Eric and Oleta's Daughter) and Susan's cute little baby boy Nash. Christian and I also did some more hot yoga while we were in Lethbridge which really helps to keep the ... read more
June 27th 2010
Today we left the mountains of Montana and went out onto the plains. There wasn't much wildlife, but the horses are sleek and fat! There were lots of horses and cattle. Nancy enjoyed identifying new wildflowers the last few days, but she wondered how many new ones she was missing as we barrelled up the road! Our goal was to get into Canada today. It took us about an hour to get through the border. We bought whiskey at the duty-free store. Then we had to go through immigration to declare the shotgun and pay for its permit. It was actually a painless border crossing, but thorough. We continued on up the highway and noticed that southern Alberta looks a lot like northern Montana. That's odd how a different country could look so like ours. Hmm. ... read more
July 24th 2009
We got on the road from Calgary on time today.....a first for us! The drive down to L.A. was about 1.5 hours and it was sunny and clear and a beautiful day. We arrived in L.A. around 5 pm and had a tee time for 6:30 pm. Ok, ok...it was Lethbridge, Alberta and the club was a small 9 hole course on an irrigation reservoir on the prairie of southern Alberta. The clubhouse screwed up and our tee time was not available as there was a tournament in progress that was full of duffers who were even worse, and much drunker, than we were (we weren't drunk at all!). So we sat and had a sandwich and then at about 7:15 there were finally a couple of carts for us to use and we hit the ... read more
July 23rd 2009
Day 53. Thursday. It was a rainy day when me auf brother Raule... I miss those commercials. I have no idea where that came from. I got up around 0930hrs due to nature screaming. I had looked up an oil change place the day I arrived so I already knew where I was going, problem is the GPS map is too old and there is no street listing where I was headed so I entered in the street name and the highest number it showed. As the GPS was taking me right past the street I needed to turn at I spotted the place and made a quick U-turn. Now the guy may know exactly what he is talking about but right away he starts in "you should run synthetic because...", and then the fuel pressure ... read more
July 22nd 2009
Day 52. 14,615Km Today was the first day I used the AC in the truck. Summer may finally be here. I need to get the oil changed in the Dodge again so I needed to get to a descent sized city. Lethbridge or Medicine Hat were my destinations of choice depending on when I got going and how long I wanted to drive. Calgary was just too obvious and besides, I was there on the trip out. Leaving Sundre, Hwy 2 would have been the quickest route South but you've probably noticed by now I don't always take the fastest route. They tend to be boring. I got on Hwy 22 which goes right through Sundre and headed South. In places you can see the straight road as far as you can see. Something I have ... read more
