Started in Conrad, MT and made it to Whitecourt, AB having driven through Lethbridge, Calgary (mom drove the traffic jam, and did just fine), and Edmondton. Not really too much to say. The entirety of the trip was with wheat fields and the like.
We entered Canada without incident, and stopped at the first town to get some Canadian dough. Just outside town was a great little visitor center, with a T-rex (no photos) and plenty of rocks for people to climb upon.
Further down the road, in the town of Nanton(?), we stopped for a stretch, and stopped in to a cafe for some coffee & saskatoon pie. Mmm.. The pie was good, with what looked like blueberries, only they were mostly intact, keeping a pleasant "i'm eating berries" texture.
In the end, we were going to camp, but couldn't find a place. As I searched for a campground, we passed a couple gas processing plants (?) with flames shooting out of the smokestacks. The bright light of the plants was in stark contrast to the dark of the night that surrounded them. Failing in our quest to find a campground, I decided to just camp somewhere off the road. Having selected a relatively flat wide spot, I dug out the gear. I had a couple of the tent rods ready, when I started to smell something dead nearby. In the end, we opted to stay at a hotel (a 15 minute drive back, wrong direction). I selected a hotel at random, which only had smoking rooms left. These rooms didn't smell like smoke though, so we stayed despite the wierd bubble windows.
Travelled further North by 5 degrees, 54 minutes.
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