Sunday August 15

Left Edmonton, kept on driving south, back through Banff and Lake Louise. Stopped and bought an Alberta fishing license and drove and drove and drove. Ended up about 2 ½ hours south of Calgary. After 600 miles of driving, I was on the doorstep of some good South Alberta trout fishing.

In Banff they have lined the road with fences to prevent animals from getting hit by cars. The number of animals struck has been reduced by 90%. There are many bridges and tunnels for the animals to pass over or under the road and they are used heavily. The problem is, you never see any animals when your driving around.

Outside the park I ran across this farm that had a baseball hat on every fencepost for miles. People must drive by and see the phenomina and add to it. I was not moved to do so.

Two things with wings were the highlight of the day…a friendly visit from a Clark’s Nutcracker and a daredevil crop dusting airplane that buzzed 100 miles an hour about 2 feet above the field, barely missing the power lines on each end.

I camped right next to the Oldman River so I’d be ready to fish in the am.