Across Canada
North America -09Posted by Ove Sat, August 29, 2009 00:48:04After having left Thunder Bay the surroundings did get quite boring (like driving through northern Sweden). After a while nature change and looked like southern Sweden instead.
Winnipeg was completely surrounded by the largest grain field I have ever seen.
Since I can not take grains I did not enjoy that scenery very much either. It kept on for ever or at least all the way to Edmonton. I don't mind knowing where I'm going but isn't this ridiculously?
I have a weak spot for the Rockys so coming in to Jasper national park was a great relief and yes I did see a gray one and it was not a dog. To bad he did not wanted to be photographed.
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The scenery was lovely all the way to Kamloops and here I completely got swept of my feet (good thing I was already sitting). Where have I been all my life? If you love horses and riding out in nature Kamloops must be heaven on earth. I wonder if the number of horses or humans were the greatest here? There were horses everywhere, lots of horses.
Kamloops is situated about 500m (1500 feet) over the ocean but already 20 minutes later on the way to Vancouver the road is up on 1444m before it goes right down again. The montain to the west makes it dry as a dessert even though there is plenty of water in the rivers. Here the scenery is just amazing and the warning signs for avalanches are not far apart. In this part of the country a big Ford V8 engine feels like a little Asian 4 cylinder elsewhere. Amazing hills.
I wonder what was down there. What ever it was it did cost me almost an hour in congestion. Coming back to the US was as usual. To bad I look so dangerous. Maybe I should get a haircut or plastic surgery or something. However, they did let me in and that feels good since I do have some more things to take care of here.
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