Travel Log: Day 5
Today (well yesterday since I didn't have time to write up a post) was the big mother effing day of driving we had been dreading since day 1 and it lived up to its hype. The plan: travel from Winnipeg to Banff in the span of a day. That's going through 2 and a half provinces with limited breaks. We took an early start on the sun this morning by getting on the road at 5h30 local time but it (sun) still beats us by reaching the other side of the sky before we did. We drove through most Manitoba in the dark and before we knew it we entered Saskatchewan.
"Prairies in the morning"
My uncle told me that you realize how empty Canada really is after you drive through the prairies and I have to agree 100% with him. Southern Saskatchewan is so bare it's crazy. the first 6hrs driving through flatland was pretty fun for the 6hrs, seriously, but after that it gets pretty old with the sun beaming on you non stop (there wasn't a single cloud in the sky today). The landscape is so vast with the odd farm house. We didn't hit real flat plains until after Regina. The town of Chaplin was pretty neat to drive by because the ground was all white like it had snowed. Turns out the soil was salt flats or salt dunes like you see in Nevada... we think?
"I'm a poor lonesome Co'boy!"
"Scouting the prairies"
"This is as flat as it gets"
We drove through Calgary during rush hour for some time well wasted. By the time we got out of there, the sun had already set but it was really cool to see the Canadian Rockies unravel themsleves right before our eyes as we were getting closer to them. We couldn't fully enjoy the scenery because it was getting dark fast and we were so tired of driving that I was more concerned of getting to final destination ASAP.
"Rockies Preview"
Our (driving) journey ended in Banff at my friend Andy's house, 15hrs 30min later. But our day did not end here, since it was 8pm local time, we headed out to the pub to watch the hockey game and down some well deserved beers. On our walk back home, we saw a deer walking around on the main street. It was pretty funny to us, especially Rob who couldn't believe his eyes but I guess it's a pretty common thing in Banff.
More to come!
Distance Traveled: 1450km
"Prairies in the morning"My uncle told me that you realize how empty Canada really is after you drive through the prairies and I have to agree 100% with him. Southern Saskatchewan is so bare it's crazy. the first 6hrs driving through flatland was pretty fun for the 6hrs, seriously, but after that it gets pretty old with the sun beaming on you non stop (there wasn't a single cloud in the sky today). The landscape is so vast with the odd farm house. We didn't hit real flat plains until after Regina. The town of Chaplin was pretty neat to drive by because the ground was all white like it had snowed. Turns out the soil was salt flats or salt dunes like you see in Nevada... we think?
"I'm a poor lonesome Co'boy!"
"Scouting the prairies"
"This is as flat as it gets"We drove through Calgary during rush hour for some time well wasted. By the time we got out of there, the sun had already set but it was really cool to see the Canadian Rockies unravel themsleves right before our eyes as we were getting closer to them. We couldn't fully enjoy the scenery because it was getting dark fast and we were so tired of driving that I was more concerned of getting to final destination ASAP.
"Rockies Preview"Our (driving) journey ended in Banff at my friend Andy's house, 15hrs 30min later. But our day did not end here, since it was 8pm local time, we headed out to the pub to watch the hockey game and down some well deserved beers. On our walk back home, we saw a deer walking around on the main street. It was pretty funny to us, especially Rob who couldn't believe his eyes but I guess it's a pretty common thing in Banff.
More to come!
Distance Traveled: 1450km
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