Hello from Calgary!

Well, we made it to Calgary, Alberta in Canada. We're about 2-3 hours from the US/Canadian border, then 120 miles to Great Falls. We plan to try and push through it. Being two days behind has us trying to get the miles in where we can. We drove through the first night and catnapped at pullouts, got a cabin very late the second. With the cabin we managed to get a shower and a couple of laundry loads out of the way. We stayed at a "b&b" that was certainly not the Hilton, but as long as we don't come out covered in bedbugs we'll be alright! Last night was spent in another pull off surrounded by behemoth RV's. We've secured a Super 8 (for a hilton price!) for this evening so it will be nice to have water pressure!

It's been an interesting trip for sure! This is a smattering of what we've experienced so far:

• Two flat tires, on the same tire. Luckily Gary does lovely tire plugging and we had help for the second one. We picked up the first shard of sheet metal around a road construction area after only being on the road for an hour and a half the first day! We think the second was a souvenir from the first site but it took longer to work itself into the tread.
• We've seen 2-3 black bears, one young brown bear, several mountain goats, foxes, porcupines, bison.
• They use turn signals in Canada! For the most part, anyway. Take note, Anchorage!

I guess those are the first things that pop into my mind, which is very sluggish and not operating properly at this point. We may or may not be able to post again by the time we reach CO, we didn't even think we'd squeeze this one in!