Drumheller, Fort Mcleod, Lethbridge

Howdy y’all! Jon and I left Calgary and are headed to Drumheller. There we went to the Royal Tyrrell Museum and saw lots of dinosaur fossils. The coolest dinosaur fossil we saw was the tyrannosaurus rex because this dinosaur was one of the best preserved, had the most complete skull, but was one of the smallest t-rex and was covered with manganese which gives it a rare black colour. We also saw the Albertasaurus which is named after Alberta, where fossils are prevalent. We then walked around the Badlands where some fossils were discovered. The reason why it’s called Badland is because the land is not fertile enough for agriculture. Here, they had very cool layered rocks. The camera was running low on batteries and Jon was about to take a picture with the both of us while the camera was on a tripod. Well, when Jon set the camera so that it would count 10 seconds before it took the picture, the wind started blowing relatively hard and my hair was all over my face. So when the camera took the picture, i was sweeping my hair and it turned out to be the last picture because the camera ran out of batteries. We charged the battery in the car, and it looks like Jon’s hand is on my head. Haha

Today I drove for 30 minutes. It wasn’t as scary as you think. The roads were fairly quite and half of the time, i was driving less than 50km/h because we were in construction zones. Jon said he’s more relaxed when he drives than when i’m behind to wheel but he wants to practice driving. I’ll only drive on straight roads so it shouldn’t be too bad.

Jon and I arrived in Vulcan which is about 2 hours away from Drumheller. They had a spaceship statue from star trek. Funny! We had A and W here. I had a mozza burger and Jon had a Papa burger. It was DEEEELICIOUS! In the morning, we had a can of soup and a plum. For lunch, we had an apple, cheese crackers, nutella sandwich and tuna on crackers. So it wasn’t very substantive. Anyways, i full now and happy.
As of today, we would have driven over 2000kms in 8 days. Crazy eh?! We saw lots of field of yellow while driving. Jon said it was flowers from canola but he’s not quite sure.

We drove to Fort Mcleod where Head Smash in Buffalo Jump is. This is a historical site because 5600 years ago, aboriginals used to drive buffalos off the cliff for food and clothing. When we arrived, the center was closed. However, the path leading to the jump was still open so we walked there. It didn’t take that long to get there, about 10 minutes. When we got there, I felt uneasy because we were standing on the site where the buffalo died. It’s kind of grim don’t you think?

Anyways we’re heading to Lethbridge where we’ll stay the night in a hostel.

Artists of the day: Kings of Leon, Michael Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Jon singing “say my name” by destiny’s child and “impossible”

Punch buggy running count: Jon 38: Lily 30

Live long and prosper!

Edit: Jon and I arrived at our hostel. The owner didn’t finish furnishing the house so the house is completely empty except for a roll of toilet paper. As such, the owner decided not to charge us for it. Since Jon booked this hostel online, we had to put a deposit of $4.91 which is all we had to pay. Jon brought sleeping bags so we’re not sleeping on the floor. Essentially, we have the whole top floor to ourselves for $4.91. Good deal! I’m getting really good at showering in strangers’ houses. That sounds terrible and I feel terrible but it’s sadly true. Before we got here, i was getting very nervous jervous because i don’t like staying at home hostels. The one in kelowna was gross. They literally fit as many people as possible under one roof so you can just imagine the outcome. However, the past few (golden, calgary, lethbridge) have been a delightful surprise.

Another thing is that i’ve been quite a few mosquitos lately. I can’t help that i’m so delicious! It’s a curse i tell you!