DAY 6- Great Falls. MT to Stettler, Alberta, Canada

in canada

northern Montana

Sam makes friends everywhere he goes

Day 6-

So, we slept in this morning which was great at the time, but....
We started off with crystal blue skies and a slight chill in the air. Heading north to O'Canada- duty free smokes, then we crossed the border. No problems entering Canada, but they didn't stamp my passport which kind of disappointed me. About 25 miles into Canada, we stop for gas in the town of Werner. There were 3 very nice ladies in the store that make a very good first impression for Canada. One of the ladies told us of a different route to Edmonton, one that didn't involve Calgary (Cal-gary). She referred to Calgary as the "dog's breakfast." We chatted for a bit, then head on our way.

I'm sure the alt rout would have been great, had we not missed our turn and gone about 70 miles in the wrong direction. I think it was all my fault. I was just driving, looking at all the pretty and not the map. I was following, but it's still my job to navigate. I'm sure it all happened for a reason, but at this point, i'm not sure what it is.

On the way back to the right path, i pulled over in a gravel lot to look at the map and sam followed. Sam then decided to go on though the slightly muddy area and the slightly deeper gravel/mud on the other side, and he ended up laying his bike over. Nothing too serious- broke the front blinker, bent a footing and banged up his foot just enough to make it a little sore. He laughed it off and said that he knew it was going to happen so he was glad he got it out the way. Then, a rainbow appeared and sam is convinced that the rainbow and the lay over are connected.

Because of our 2 hour detour, we didn't make it to Edmonton. We're about 90 miles- i think... it's all metrics here- to Edmonton. As the sun started setting, it got chilly fast for me and with Sam on the bike he got really cold. Especially his feet- his boots were still wet from yesterday, so this morning he put his feet in plastic bags before putting his boots on, which made his feet even colder tonight. He held out alot longer than I would have. When I saw steam coming from a cows mouth, i figured Sam was cold. We stopped for the day in Settler around 12:45. Super 8, a hot bath and black beans and rice for dinner. Sam's already snoring.

We've decided that it's probably best to start our days earlier now.

Heading to Dawson Creek (maybe City) tomorrow. Hope to be there early evening:)
Jolie (and Sam in spirit)