The Alberta Oasis

Prairie Oasis Campground 

Site #34: $35. (x7) p only water shutoff, wifi

Here we are at Prairie Oasis, south of Hanna, AB. One can certainly say we are creatures of habit. We seem to keep showing up at the same campgrounds year after year.

I will miss the sunrise, the lake out our door and the loons. However, "Breezy" seems to be the word on my weather app these days and our well treed site here is slightly more protected.

There were only 3 camping units when we arrived. One unit looked like this! Dad, who drives a cattle liner on his working days camps with his young daughter and the dog!

Two more units arrived later in the evening and I suspect the upcoming nice weekend will draw a few more.

Our days continue... Walking, biking, reading, campfires plus a cocktail or two.

Oh yes, we were an extra 20 minutes on the road driving here. We had to wait for this "Motel" to cross the bridge.

More from the Hills

The weather has been great temperature wise but unfortunately the past two days have been windy. This morning Ron paid for two more nights. Wind with an RV does not make for good travel conditions.

This is certainly not a bad place to be wind stayed. It's a great campground complete with wifi. (YAY!) We are very comfy here. We have been treated to awesome sunrises and pretty sunsets. And the leaves changing colour..wow. 

We continue to enjoy our walks and biking. We have sat at the campfire every evening. The loons swim by and serenade us as they have made this a  stopover on their way south.

We took a "wind break" yesterday and drove the 11 km to Kinbrook Prov Park to check out the camping there. People were just packing up to go home and obviously it had been a busy weekend in that campground. We were lucky and happy that this Campground was much quieter.  Normally it closes on the Wed after the long weekend, so people possibly weren't aware of the longer opening this year.  We then drove another 20 min to Brooks where we picked up a couple items from the grocery store. Everyone was masked which was good to see.

Oh yes. Our one major complaint. The frickin flies. I know it's a fall issue for us every year but they are SO annoying. We may wear out the fly swatter. Also those damn little ankle biter flies...ugh... and ouch!

Well another 250 steps to log and I believe it might be cocktail time.

Fall Camping 2021

Rolling Hills Reservoir Campground 

Site #26: $40 (x8) p only wifi

Well this great Fall weather forecast has lured us back camping. It took us a little longer to prepare this time as much of the food and supplies had been emptied out before summer. Also we experienced an unfortunate little incident a few weeks back. A "homeless fellow" (???) broke in to our trailer at the storage compound and spent some time there. I was therefore very thankful we had emptied out most of our food supply!  About the only edibles available to him were Ichiban soup and a jar of honey. There were bits of dried noodles everywhere, including in the bed. So yes, he was "camped out" for a night or two.  He used the can... ugh... and left a crack pipe and lighter on the night side table. It appeared he left in a hurry leaving the door swinging open behind him. That is what alerted our neighbours driving by. 

The police checked things out and removed the pipe.  They said we were lucky as many places are left totally trashed. I don't expect we will hear any  more as no major damage was done. It just took a lot of scrubbing and laundering to remove the unwelcome presence. One certainly feels violated. 

Anyway here we are at Rolling Hills Reservoir south of Brooks and about an hour out of Medicine Hat.

It felt good to be camping again and it didn't take us long to get 'back in the groove'.  We love the quiet of the off season.  There are only a few campers hanging at the campground with us. We went for a couple of walks, did a little reading, painted a couple rocks to hide and just enjoyed the views.

That weather? Perfection! We were cozy by the campfire and we were treated to a spectacular full moon rising over the water. 

Last night I had one of the best sleeps I've had in a long time!  That warm weather continues today. Although a little less wind would be welcome today! 

Well time to get some footsteps in!