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MA & T in Alberta
22 days' driving, 2581 kilometers.
Highlights
Fossils: Cretaceous dinosaurs and Cambrian trilobites and soft bodies.
Rocky-Mountain hikes, especially Lake O'Hara and Lake Agnes.
Blackfoot peoples and archaeology near Brooks and Lethbridge.
Architecture and art in Calgary, Banff and Lethbridge.
Irrigation and farming.
Albertans are all welcoming and friendly.
Parks Canada are very well organized: August high-season crowds mean you can't
find a parking spot at the trailheads after 8:30am (and sometimes 5:30), so
they lay on schoolbuses to shuttle you from large overflow parking lots.
The smoke from B.C. and U.S. wildfires gave the Rockies the appearance of being
not in-your-face but coyly awaiting discovery on the two or three days the air
was clear after rain.
Map: T, 2018/8/31 from ontheworldmap.com
Itinerary:
1 Calgary, Aug 7-8
2 Brooks, Aug 9-11
3 Drumheller, Aug 12-13
4 Rocky Mountain House, Aug 14
5 Lake Louise, Aug 15-21
6 Banff, Aug 22-24
7 Lethbridge, Aug 25-26
8 Calgary, Aug 27
Calgary, Aug. 8, 27 2018
19 photos, 2.9 Mbytes
Irrigation, Aug. 9, 11, 25 2018
9 photos, 1.5 Mbytes
Blackfoot peoples, Aug. 8, 11, 26 2018
16 photos, 2.4 Mbytes
Fossils, Aug. 10, 12, 19, 20 2018
40 photos, 7.1 Mbytes
Hikes, Aug. 16, 17, 18, 21, 22 2018
39 photos, 8.0 Mbytes
Stops, Aug. 11, 13-15, 19, 20 2018
23 photos, 4.4 Mbytes
Lake Louise Village and Banff, Aug. 22, 23, 24 2018
22 photos, 3.4 Mbytes
Lethbridge, Aug. 25 2018
7 photos, 1.5 Mbytes
Wildlife, Aug. 8, 10, 11, 17, 19, 21 2018
29 photos, 7.8 Mbytes