Dinosaurs, Scary Dinosaurs, More Dinosaurs and The Upstairs Neighbors

We made it to Calgary after a stay in the parking lot at a casino between Canmore and Calgary. The lot was very quiet and we slept great. For the record, we have slept in the van every night we weren't staying with a friend. We had yet to deploy the rooftop tent prior to Calgary.

Our mission in Calgary was to reunite with a friend from Gonzaga and meet his family - thus dinosaurs. A couple of old guys reminiscing about stuff neither of them has the brain cells or need to remember.

We were certainly not disappointed as they welcomed us with local craft beer and a fantastic dinner that included a beer can chicken and veggies from their garden. Without admitting to any crimes, it was widely reported that a good time was had by all.

We awoke in the morning heavy headed and realized it was raining. I busted out a double batch of pancakes for us and we packed up and headed to the high desert to a place called Drumheller to visit their dinosaur museum. It was certainly the best dino museum I have ever seen - thus the scary dinosaur reference in the title.

After the museum we drove a little farther to the town of Wayne for a music festival called Waynestock. There are supposedly 11short one-lane bridges in a very short distance to get to Wayne, but we only counted nine. There were tons of people our ages or older at the festival - thus the third dinosaur reference.

The music was fun enough that we decided to stay and camp out over night even though we hadn't planned for it. We decided to stay in the van with most of the family of four staying in the rooftop tent and Rick in his truck- he snores. Thus the reference to the upstairs neighbors.

After a night's sleep that was good for almost everyone - sleeping in a truck sucks, and when the kids steal the blankets it can be cold - we packed up and headed for breakfast before parting ways - them back to Calgary and reality and us on to Revelstoke BC for a night or two.

We hit rain as we neared Banff and it continued on and off until we came down out of the mountains to Revelstoke. As I type we are having a beer while our laundry is drying. We are comfortably under our awning with our mosquito net deployed.

Tomorrow we will explore and decide whether we want to stay another night, but likely not in the campsite which was good for laundry and showers, but when we can we prefer to wild camp somewhere less traveled.

More soon. Peace.