Dinosaur Park Again, Biking This Time

So I had never been to Dinosaur Park since I was a child and now I went twice this summer.  Never planned to go again but on the long weekend I saw a post they were allowing you to walk or bike on the Nature Preserve Trail.  Normally you don't get to go on that trail unless you work there or on a bus tour.  So I figured it was worth it to go on.  And it was.  Neil suggested we biked so biking it was.

When we got there the park staff suggested we go left on the loop and I'm glad she did.  It was gravel and kinda hilly, but the biggest hill was on the right and we got to coast down it.

(not 5 minutes in Neil sees someone he knows)

(Admiring the view while stopping for water)

(I think these are cool)

(another water break)

(and I got him to take my picture)

(pretty high cliffs in some spots)

(nice road to travel on, a lot of big gravel which was a challenge)

(the scenery is just cool!)

(a ferry type boat the lived on and got to the park with, its new this summer)

(so Neil rowed it)

(a rib fossil they left partially burried)

a trial for lifting crates onto boats, cars now)

(the cube rock was pretty cool)

(and Neil again waiting for me to take more pictures)

Took us an hour 20 ish.  And I was a little tired, had to walk up some hills but makes me feel like the rode from Banff to Canmore is totally doable.  Yay!  Since that's coming up this weekend!  Yikes.

The Scenic Route

(This is for CCC, it's that acreage)

On Saturday we went to Calgary because it was my Grandpas 75th birthday. He is feeling so cheerful and happy its kinda weird. He was all depressed after his heart surgery and then my Gramma passed away, but now hes happy and its so awesome, but weird. We were talking about the 50 million and he says "what do you need money for, when we are all healthy?" So true, but just different. (a cool gate we came across)

Anyways we took some road across to Calgary that Neil says oh this one goes strait across, lets take it. Well not so much strait and not paved and very interesting, but it did get us where we wanted to go, although a little later than we thought, but that's okay.(the view of the valley)

We stayed overnight at my sisters because we watched the boys till she got home from work on Sunday, then we went to Princess Auto an on the way home finally. We got about half way home and Neil says again "wonder where this road goes?" So we take it and it didn't quite make it to the river, but sure some beautiful views from their, so we stopped and took pictures and seen buildings we never knew where there before. At one point we could even see our house. But no way to get to it from there. (a oil lease and cows, then across the river the pig barns)