Friday, May 21, 2010

We are on the road again headed to the Canadian line. The road still goes through the Indian reservations, which are really winding roads with no houses or barns just cattle, horses and dogs roaming the mountainsides. The first time I saw the dogs I thought it was a couple of coyotes. Once we had to stop because there were about 15 cattle just standing in the street. One brown and white steer looked at us in awe with its eyes really big. It was a good thing we could stop the RV because they weren't going to move until they wanted to. Of course, our air horn is quite loud and finally they moved to the side. A couple of miles later we came upon about 7 horses and 1 juvenile horse just galloping down the road. The fields on both sides were behind fences so they kept galloping down the street until they came to an opening. They really had to run and we were following right behind them. We ate at an Indian owned cafe- Fire Horse Cafe- and the waitress told us it doesn't get hot until August. The sky was a beautiful blue today and she said it was 70% chance of snow.
At the Canadian line there was no one in front of us. On the other side there was a long line. A lot of Canadians have post office boxes in East Glacier, Montana because the US mail system is so much better that the Canadian. They drive across the line to pick up their mail once or twice a week. The custom official came to our RV door and just asked us questions and let us go through. The roads are better here on the Canadian side and the ranches seem to be more organized. The roads are much better but the wind has really picked up. It's a struggle to keep the RV going straight. Daddy's arms will be sore by the end of today.
We wanted to stay in a RV park in Calgary; but have found out it is their big holiday this weekend. All of the RV parks require a 3 day minimum stay and we only want 1 night. Finally found 1 at West Olympic Park which is on our way out of Calgary anyway. It was really nice but our water hose would not reach the outlet. So we just filled up the next day. These Canadians really love to go RVing. The highways are full of them! This holiday is called Victoria Day and is celebrated Friday through Monday. That means every place we want to go for the next 3 days will be crowded.
We went to the Costco in Calgary. They have some different foods in their food court: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, smoked beef sandwiches, french fires with gravy or poutine(gravy and cheese mixed), mini donuts, espresso and cappachino. I tried to pay for our purchases with my debit card. Because my debit card has a Visa logo on it Costco will not accept it. So I wrote a check; but that meant I was paying Costco too much. It took 45 minutes to get the check back, rip it up and recharge it on an American Express. What a hassle! I hope the rest of our trip into Canada goes easier