June 23, 2013 Travel to Lethbridge

We woke to cloudy skies and light rain.  After packing up, we stopped to fill our water tank; stopped at the Chamber visitor center to use their dump station and then off we went heading south.

The flooding in Calgary and High River continues.  According to the news, this is the worst flood in their history - so sad.  Please keep all those affected in your prayers.

The main highway through Calgary was open - oh my, the rivers were still high.

The High River area - the town was completely shut down:

We found out that our friends, Don and Glenda, were managing a campground in Okotoks (south of Calgary).  We chatted yesterday and met for lunch at the truck stop in Aldesyde.  Their campground has been completely flooded and they were evacuated to higher ground.  We also saw many RV’s at the truck stop - evacuees from Okotoks.  Oh my.

We did have a great time with Don and Glenda (I forgot to take a pictures, sorry) and if it weren’t for the flooding, I think we would have stayed a few days.  Next time and hopefully we will see them in Arizona this winter.

After lunch we continued our journey to Lethbridge:

Past Vulcan:

Love that spaceship - .

We arrived in Lethbridge to spend time with our friends Lynne and Fred.  The campground where we were going to stay was under water so they got permission for us to stay in their parking/RV storage area - thank you so much Lynne and Fred.

Once we got set up, we went to supper and then back to their place - getting caught up with each other.  What fun!

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 213 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Alberta: PH-54; 61st Avenue; PH-2; PH-23; PH-3

Enjoy today!

June 21 - 22, 2013 Time with Friends

We spent the past two days with Kay and Norval getting caught up and just having a good time.

Our spot in Anthony Henday Campground:

Here we are :

What a wonderful time - Thank you Kay and Norval!

June 20, 2013 - Travel to Innisfail Alberta

Last night we had a terrific storm and the rain was still falling this morning as we packed up and headed north.  This was from the storming coming in last night:

We had a smooth border crossing into Alberta:

And we were on our way!

The storm clouds continued. 

We made a short stop in Lethbridge to exchange currency and we continued north.  We noticed that there was many “ponds” in the fields and the rivers were high.

The Starship Enterprise in Vulcan .   We were there in 2007 and toured their museum.  This time we just passed thru.

The rivers were starting to overflow their banks:

We arrived at Anthony Henday Campground in Innisfail.  Once we set up we called Kay and Norval and found out that there is extensive flooding all thru southern Alberta .  We just made it through before some of the roads were closed. 

Please keep all those folks affected by the floods in your prayers.

After supper, we headed over to Kay and Norval’s for desert.  It was so good to see them again.  We met them in January 2010 at Quartzsite and stayed in touch every since.  Norval has had some health problems and they are currently not traveling so this year we made the decision to stop by and spend some time with them.

Life is good!

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled:  308 Miles or 496 Kilometers

Routes Traveled:

Montana: Oilfield Avenue; I-15

Canada - Alberta: PH-4; PH-3; PH-23; PH-2; PH-54