Starting out for 2013

After spending the winter house-sitting, 3 months in Edmonton thanks to Annie and Buncha, and 2 and a half months in Calgary thanks to Don and Jackie, we moved back into our 5th wheel in mid-April.  As we still had some doctor and dentist appointments to take care of we stayed put in Cochrane at our 'home' park.

While there we went to Big Hill Springs Provincial Park for a walk along a bubbling brook.

On May 6  we moved to High River to spend some time visiting with Trev, Sue and boys.  The boys dropped in after school for a few days.  On the weekend, we drove with them to Strathmore to watch Jamie play lacross.  He had a good game, with the team winning by 4 goals. 

Then we started our travels for the summer, heading to Saskatchewan for the Victoria Day weekend.   We stopped at the nice Eagle Valley Campground just off highway 1 near Maple Creek.  We had admired it from the highway for many years, but this was our first chance to stay.    We carried on to
Assiniboia, parking next door to Carol and Dave (Joan`s sister), who catered to our every need while we washed the trailer and put rubber conditioner on our slide-out seals.

On Saturday, Karen and Dominique came from Regina, for a day-long tour on Sunday with everyone of the Big Muddy river valley.   We picked up a tour guide at the Coronach golf club at 9:30 to tour this interesting badlands type area in along the USA border which is rich in history.   Sitting Bull and his Sioux came into the area after defeating Custer at the Little Big Horn.  Many native effigies are still visible.  The coulees and caves were also used by cattle rustlers, stealing horses across the border and hiding them in the caves and coulees. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were among these.  The tour wrapped up back at Coronach at about 5:30, so it was a very full day.

Outlaw Cave: 

Castle Butte: 

After the weekend, we carried on to Regina to visit with Karen and Dominique for the next week.