Day’s 8-11 – Kinbrook Island provincial park – The great couple.
Gas Bought: 2.063L @ $1.229 = $2.54
Km’s traveled: 84.6km
Overall average: 12.6km/hr
Total time: 6hr 41min
Moving time: 1hr 52min
Stopped: 4hr 49min
Pic of Bill and Darcie
Bill and Darcie
Day 8 – The Beach
I woke up fairly early this morning and decided to go for a walk to the beach before making breakfast and packing up. By the time I arrived at the beach, I could tell it was going to be a hot day. So not being under any big time restraint I decided to stay another day. This way I could relax on the beach and soak up some rays.
Day 9 – Moving sites and The Beach
So waking up early again this morning, I was back off to the beach for a bit, wanted to relax just a little longer, before starting to pack up. On my way back from the beach I met up with Bill, we got to talking a little bit before he was off to town for a little while, and we decided I would try to get the campsite beside there’s for one more night. After going to register for another night and moving campsites, I spent most the day at the beach or hanging out with Bill and Darcie, with a short ride into town on the scooter for some timmies and Mcdonalds. I’m pretty sure I’m going to be leaving tomorrow to continue on the trip.
Day 10 – Moving sites (again) and The Brooks Aqueduct
Thanks to Darcie and Bill, I’m having too much fun to leave. I’ll stay just one more day, so not having to pay another night, I moved sites…again. This time I literary just moved the tent about 2 meters onto there site. Getting ready to head into town and try to get some internet access, Darcie and Bill inform me about the Brooks Aqueduct, and had to check it out today where I was going to be driving right by it.
Pics of aqueduct
The CPR built this reinforced concrete aqueduct between 1912 and 1914. It was part of a large irrigation scheme using water diverted from the Bow River to transform 55,000 hectares east of Brooks from semi-arid rangeland to farmland suitable for settlement. A major engineering feat over 3.1 kilometres long, the aqueduct featured a catenary-shaped flume mounted on 1,030 columns, and an inverted syphon under the CPR main line. In 1935 the Brooks Aqueduct was turned over to the Eastern Irrigation District. With the completion of a larger replacement canal the aqueduct was abandoned in 1979.
For supper Darcie cooked us all fresh real burgers none of that pre-packed pattie crap. Along with the burgers we had potato salad which also was delicious. I swear I’m leaving tomorrow. I need to continue this trip, I mean I haven’t even left my starting province yet!
Day 11 – Rained out
So I had a lovely awakening at 3am to the wonderful sound of rain, by the time I got up at 6am it was still raining, and didn’t look like it was going to let up anytime soon. Bill was up not long after me, Darcie was up by 8ish. They were going to go back to there place for a while while it was raining. So I wouldn’t be stuck in the tent all day, they invited me along for the ride. So waiting out the storm in the safety of there home, when it finally stopped raining it was late in the afternoon, and I knew if I left when we arrived back at camp, that I would barely make it any wares and I had dirt roads coming up to boot. So it would be best to wait till tomorrow to leave. (good thing I’m not in a hurry eh? ha ha)