Today's drive was mapped out perfect, (I thank Ursa for that) the morning was long, mindless, and dull which meant that we were able to just set the cruise control at a high rate of speed and dispose of a lot of miles before we began to wend our way through the one lane roads of the Canadian Rockies.
And once we got into the mountains we were glad to be so far ahead of schedule because we had frequent stops for scenery and animal sightings. And when we weren't stopping for photos I had a another twisting, swerving drive that carried us from the plains and rolling foothills of Alberta to the thick forests of the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, then we watched the trees shrink in size and become more sparse as we reached the top of the mountain range then grow dense again as we descended. All told, a fantastic drive.
Our destination was Muncho Lake, and an outstanding log cabin lodge called
Northern Rockies Lodge, which had an amazing view of the lake and was an ideal place to end our day of driving. The owners of the lodge will even take you out for a sightseeing tour in their airplane for $300, we elected to skip that trip, but having seen this countryside I think that it would be worth every penny.
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