Thursday July 8,2021 Day 4

Got up in Swan Hills to another beautiful day of sunshine. After breakfast we headed south towards Entwistle where we got unto Hwy 22 south.  Stopped in Drayton Valley & had lunch with Walt before heading for home.  Got home about 4 PM. No food in the house so we went to the Rooster here in Clive for supper.

We put on 2110 KM (1310 M)  A good time was had considering we were not able to do the whole trip as originally planned. 

Hopefully we will be able to go on a couple more 4 day holidays before summer is over.

 July 7, 2021 Day 3

After breakfast we headed north towards NWT border.  Along the way we saw tree damage due to a bad storm they had a few days ago.  Lots of trees down and lots broken half way up.  Pulled into Meandering River for fuel only to find out that they have no power so everything was closed down so without fueling up we would not make the next stop, so we headed back to High Level.  We were also going to go to Rainbow Lake and were told that the road was washed out in three places.  So much for the north country so we checked out of motel and headed SE towards home. At least half of the people up there are stilled masked up and scared of everyone.

Went thru Peace River and got to go over the new bridge they were building last year when we were in the Peace. Headed east on Hwy 2 till the turn off for Swan Hills.  Road was good for the first 10 miles and the last 5 miles.  My back is so sore from all the horrible road I think that my body is 2 inches shorter in the back than this morning. LOL.

Got to Swan Hills and their roads are no better.  Got checked into the only motel we could find.  Nice Chinese restaurant just in the parking lot.  Awesome food.  Will go there for breakfast in the morning.

We traveled 715 KM (445M) today. It was +30 at one point.

No pictures today.  Will be home tomorrow and will add them in then.

 July 6, 2021 Day 2

Up & checked out of Holiday Inn and headed north.  Stopped at an awesome truck stop that had regular old fashioned food and also got fuel.

Headed north & west. Stopped in Fort Vermillion for fuel & some pictures.  Not a very big place.

Got into High Level after 3PM & checked into the EconoLodge for 2 nites. Will be doing some touring of the area tomorrow. Today we put on 500 KM (300 M).  The roads were very good till west of Ft Vermillion.  30 K of really rough pavement.  The ride was good but the scenery was boring.  The signs say to watch for deer, moose & buffalo but other than the signs we saw only the rear end of one deer going into the bush. LOL

|That's it for today.

 Monday July 5, 2021  Day 1

We headed out this morning at 10 minutes to 10 and took the 2A to Wetaskwin so we could stop at Mark's for Gerry to get his new shoes, sandals and 2 pairs of walking shorts. From there we headed west and north thru Devin and had to go on Hwy 16 west a ways before heading north to Smith AB.  We met up with Myrna & Louis who live just outside of Smith.  Myrna & I worked together at Jet Air in the 90's.  Had an awesome visit catching up on 48 years since we had seen each other.

We left the dinner place and headed towards the Athabaska River which seemed high before we turned around and headed to Hwy 2 for Slave Lake.  Got checked into Holiday Inn.  Almost everyone we saw today were masked up. Got settled in & walked a block down the street to DQ for a caramel sundae.

That's all folks till tomorrow.