Tuesday, and Home Sweet Home . . .

Horrific winds on Tuesday. Thankfully they let up a bit as the day went on. I was wishing we could go home, but Ron had paid for tonight. I spent most of the day reading indoors. Ron did lots of campground wandering and along with all the junk, um... trinkets, he found an 512 MB SD card. Someone is out 4 moose with young pictures and we have more free storage. Watched another movie "Unstoppable". Also had phone visits with Greg and Jeff and passed along some birthday greetings.

Still pretty windy on Wednesday. We packed up and were on the road home by 10:30. It is always a bit sad to unload and winterize. Our fall camping season was much too short this year.

Sunday, Monday

Sunday morning the day started off nice but unfortunately the wind came up mid afternoon and proceeded to get worse as the day went on. We shortened our campfire time and cooked indoors. A good movie night. "Source Code" it was.

We woke up to a calm beautiful day on Monday with temps hitting 18C. We drove to the Acquaduct National Historic site. It was closed but Ron climbed the fence to read the plaques and take some pictures. He was impressed by all the stats on this expansive irrigation system that was built by the CPR in 1913-14. We picked up a few groceries at the Brooks IGA and then drove through the Newell Lake Resort before heading back to camp. Another campfire evening.

Newell Lake near Brooks, AB

Kinbrook Island Prov Pk
Site #H121 - $27, p only, Cell, Temp 14C

The forecast is showing 14C to 20C weather for the weekend, so we make plans for our final 2012 season hurrah in the RV. These warm temps seem to be mainly in the Medicine Hat area, so we decide we can't venture too far. Kinbrook Island Provincial Park it is. We will have power, but no water, so we bring along a couple of 5 gallon jugs. We will stay until the water runs out or the weather gets too cold. Which ever comes first.

There are three units in the campground, and four more arrive after us. When we woke up Saturday morning we were very surprised to see a tent trailer beside us. A young couple with two young boys. They ended up staying only the one night as one of the boys developed a fever. So much packing and driving (from Calgary) for such a short stay.

We were treated to some awesome sunsets and enjoyed the beautiful fall colours, but mainly we just revelled in the peacefulness. Our last campout of the season. We road our bikes around the campground, through the cabin area and along the nature path. About the only nature we saw, aside from a few ducks, was an abundance of cow pies. One had to look down at all times to avoid disaster!

Our campfires were started early and be burned a lot of wood. Luckily the 'wood scout' came through with a successful find at the group campsite.