Friday morning dawned
sunny and reasonably clear. We saw that there was new snow on the top of the
mountains. We walked over to Fort Steele. It has been years since we have been
there. At this time of year it is admission by donation. The gift shop and
restaurant is still open. We enjoyed the walk around the grounds, and preparations were being made for the Halloween Howl they hold Oct 25. After wandering around the
park we stopped for a bowl of chili at the restaurant.
Saturday we packed up
and left for Pair-a-Dice RV Park in Creston. We arrived much earlier than
anticipated because we had to change our clocks back an hour. Oh well. We
eventually got set up and after some frustration found a satellite signal, so
are good for the week. The evening brought a thunderstorm, quite an unusual
occurrence, even for this part of the world. This park has many Albertans here
for the winter. The owner is on vacation in Korea, so one of the other guests
is running the park for her. She is from Lloydminster, the folks next to us are
from Peace River and they are looking after the grounds. Good things the
Albertans are here.
Sunday was car race
and curling.
Monday we went
searching for cups, as we had broken one the day before. There seemed to be
numerous artisans in the district. John found one that advertised she was open
“most” days. We decided to head out to her studio to see if this was one of her
open days. After following our GPS out into the country, finally following a
dirt trail, we found the studio. Not only was the studio open, but she had a
couple of ceramic cups that were perfect for our purposes. On our way back to
the trailer we stopped at the hardware store for some bits and at the RV place
to pick up a replacement lock for one of our outside cabinets. Joan had broken
her key off in it when we were packing up in Fort Steele.
Back at the trailer
we spent some time on the internet hunting for walking in the area. We
discovered that the wildlife area has a labyrinth of paths, so Tuesday we set
out to explore the area. We walked out to the bird viewing tower, for a better
view of the ducks and few Canada geese on the waterways, the
only birds around at this time of year, and then completed a one hour
loop on the dikes through the marsh.
Wednesday we returned
and completed a 2 hour walk. The walking is ok, but we had hoped to see
something other than ducks and geese. We did see a heron flying by, a small
frog as it crossed our trail, and a few fuzzy caterpillars sunning on the
boardwalk.
Thursday afternoon,
we headed back to the wildlife area to do another trail. Then we stopped at
Tasty Pastries to pick up a couple of cinnamon buns.
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