Corner Gas to Dinosaurs

Day 6 - Sunday, July 5/2009
Starting Location: Buffalo Pound National Park, SK

Ending Location: Cochrane, AB
Distance Travelled: 550 miles or 891km 3327 miles to date


Weather in Buffalo National Park, just outside Moose Jaw, was cool and rainy. We drove thru some rain to Drunheller, AB, where the famous Bad Lands, Dinosaur fossils and HooToos could be found. Found vast expances of farm ranges that went on forever and had very flat horizons. A different vastness than the wheaat fields of Saskatchewan. The weather cleared up very nicely and it was great biking weather. The report is for thundershowers though.
Can across the Bad Lands were were mezmerized by the location. How it all of a sudden appears out of nowhere and how carved the landscape was. Stopped along side to look at hill tops and look for fossils. Drove into Drumheller in very nice weather and visited the museu, which was very interesting. We wanted to stay more and explore outdoors, but we did not have much time as we booked a sitte in Cochrane,AB, west of Calgary.to stay. We had booked the site early due to the stampede being in Calgary and wished we had more time in the Drumheller area. We loved the area, and if time permits, we may try a drive-thru on our way back.
We stayed at a RV park and perched our tent on a rocky RRV driveway as there were few sites to find.
Tomorrow is not a bike travel day as we will drive to Calgary and take the train to the Stampede.

Gas:
Moose Jaw, SK $1.059/li 8.59 li $9.01
Swift Current, SK $1.059/li 10.136 li $10.73
Medicine Hat, AB $0.964/li 12.8l5 li $12.37
Brooks, AB $0.969/li 5.488 li $5.32
Drumheller, AB $0.94 /li 10.244 li $9.72

SpringHill RV Park, Cochrane, AB $37/site + $5 for extra adults