Cardston, Alberta (hometown of Fay Wray!) is a cute town that looked like a huge used-car lot when we entered because of all the colorful pendants strung across the road - all the way through town.
Chief Mountain is the spiritual center of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana. It impressed us for miles and miles as we drove south through Alberta.
Waiting in line to re-enter the United States. Because we stated that we were carrying firewood, we were inspected by employees of the US Department of Agriculture, who were very thorough in going through the truck and the trailer. The only thing they took was a piece of bark. We were glad to see how careful they were, as bark is apparently an important vehicle in the spread of the various insect infestations that are killing miles and miles of trees throughout Canada and the US.
We stayed in Duck Lake Campground, which is run by Patty and Dale Fenner of the Blackfeet Nation. He is an archeologist who looks for dinosaurs and found the most complete (99%!) juvenile T Rex in the United States.
Bill with Patty's loyal companion, Fatboy:
Wildflowers and a small red grasshopper in the campground:
White pelicans at Duck Lake (one wearing a toupee):
We met Bob and Lynn Allison of Florida and their dog, Sweetie, in the campground. They are sailors and shared wonderful stories with us. They've enjoyed sailing to various islands in the Caribbean and also sailed up the Inter-Coastal Waterway, with a little open water around Delaware and New Jersey, and back through the States and into Canada. Lynn is a nurse, and Bob has been involved in the automated (manufactured) housing market for many years. He has designed a self-contained housing unit, with an integrated system for catching and using rainwater, that could seriously help the situation in Haiti, where lack of housing and clean water are still huge problems since the earthquake in January. Here's hoping the units are approved, manufactured, and shipped soon!
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