Sunday, August 4, 2013

Day 5

Winding things up that dinosaur provincial Park this morning. The trailer is packed up and we're ready to move on to Kinbrook provincial Park.

Dinosaur Park has grown on me. The bug level diminished a bit and the scenery is absolutely beautiful. That being said the bug level is still well above average and there is nowhere to swim here. So we're ready to move on.

The plan this morning is to restock and do laundry in the little town of Brooks Alberta and then get to our new campsite. 


Thursday, August 1, 2013

Day 3

I'll be honest. I'm not exactly wild about dinosaur provincial Park. But more about that later.

We spent Day 2 on the road. We drove through Saskatchewan. Driving through Saskatchewan is not the cure for boredom. Nor is it the cure for insomnia. Which is not good when you're driving.

But in spite of what my prejudiced Manitoban friend said, Saskatchewan has more hills then Manitoba. Way more. But to be fair Manitoba has far more trees. I think between Regina and the Alberta-Saskatchewan border there are four trees. You can see for miles in all directions. I think I even saw into the future at one point. 

So there's not much else to tell you about Day 2, Other than the fact that we arrived at dinosaur provincial Park.

The first thing that concerned me was that they handed me a brochure about mosquitoes. I've been camping before. I expect mosquitoes. They're part of the deal. Why am I being handed a brochure?

I got my answer about 30 seconds after being handed the brochure. There are quite a few mosquitoes at dinosaur provincial Park. 

Quite a few as in, say, plague-level mosquitoes. We're talking biblical type stuff here. High-quality repellent is a necessity.

I practically bathed in Muskol, which has 23.5% DEET. These mosquitoes didn't even seem to notice. It wasn't until I bumped up to 25% Deep woods Off that they started to back off. This morning we all sprayed down with 30% DEET stuff that I've never heard of before. But it seems to be working.



This morning after a fine campfire breakfast, we went climbing in the mountains surrounding the park. Well they're not exactly mountains but I don't know what to call them. But I got to say the terrain is amazing. 



That being said, next time I will book a campsite at the nearby Kinbrook Island provincial Park, and jjust make a day trip or two into the dinosaur park. There are fewer mosquitoes at Kinbrook, and the trailers are not stacked in like cordwood.

Anyhoo, day three is now well underway and it's going to be a good one. Have a great Thursday.