A blog following my Cross Canadian extended road trip to visit all ten provinces in 2017 - the 150th year of the Confederation of our great country! Travelling with my Buick Encore AWD :)
Visiting Mom and Dad: Cold Lake, Alberta
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Almost time to move on after a few weeks in Cold Lake. Had a great visit with my Mom and Dad and my brother's family. My nephew Haiden is only 8 and he is almost as tall as I am!
Cold Lake is first and foremost an Air Force town, and you can often hear the CF-18s and Hornets flying around, but the area was first mentioned in the late 18th century and there used to be commercial fishing on the Lake.... now there are a lot of people (including my brother) who work for the oil patch. Hard work, long hours and good pay.
There is a Wal-Mart, a Winners (yeah!), three Tim Hortons and two grocery stores. There is a good Mexican restaurant, a neat Newfoundlander store/restaurant that just opened and did I mention they have a Winners?
The lake was frozen when I got here, but I actually forgot to take photos... so I took Mom for a drive and got some photos to post today, and a short video of a jet that gets lost in the blue sky, but you can still hear it!
You can hear it, but not see it!
A view of Cold Lake - it is huge!
The Marina - surprisingly few boats moored and the restaurant is closed (Dad and I were going to go for lunch!)
There is a large Metis and First Nations population here with many different tribes.
The Lake
Hope the spots fill in before too long...
Flat as a pancake.
Shadow selfie (I bought a new hat!) and little fish you can't see.
Another busy day driving through three States and a long visit to Crow Country and the Little Big Horn Battlefield - met some nice people and chatted loads... also did a tour of the Battle Site with a member of the Crow Nation. It was so spectacular I will do a blog post just on that... but not tonight as I have another full day ahead of me tomorrow! The day in numbers: 12: deer and animals that look like deer in the fields and close to the fence on the I90 (a GORGEOUS highway) 3: States visited - Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota 386: miles in the car 6: hours driving 1: amount of times I wished I had not corrected a man who looked like he would fit into a Trump rally that Jesus was crucified on Mount Calvary not Mount Calgary (he was very forceful that he was right, I should have let him live with his beliefs, but I told him I was positive). At all times I was safe as it was a biggish group, but I kept my mouth shut after that. 4: hours with the sun roof open (no rain,...
After driving 3,500+ km across five provinces and lots of different terrain - and a couple months in Quebec where I drove more than the average - I decided to add a review of my car to the blog. My car cleaned and ready for the trip! All my time in the UAE I rented - for the most part a Honda Accord - which was fine and good on gas, but not what I wanted for Canada. I had rented a Trax and an Encore last summer and knew I liked them... and my Dad has been pushing for the Encore for a couple of years (he loves Buicks). So with the help of an awesome broker (email for his name if you live around Rosemere, QC) I got a 2017 Buick Encore AWD - the Premium edition (because I wanted the bigger engine and heated seats). So first what I LOVE 💗 The heated seats - really it was on my list of "musts" after so many years living in the desert I know I have turned into a wimp! Also the lumbar support is spectacular - I wasn't stiff at all after 5 days of long days of drivin...
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