OK we'll get to "Head-Smashed-In Buffalo" soon and all will be explained. What a name!First, though ,we headed off to Waterton Lakes Park another stunning Alberta National Park down on the border with USA. Here we had an exciting chance encounter with a big black bear. Avan spotted the bear on the adjacent hill side as we turned a corner and, from the safety of our van, we watched him forage for food. It was exciting!In Waterton we saw a Buffalo herd (also ca...

Baaaaaad Lands! There truly is a region in Alberta, Canada called Badlands. They are even quite proud of it. Tourist Information offices promote the Badlands as a great region to visit. We just had to see for ourselves. We were heading in the general direction anyway to go to Dinosaur Provincial Park which is UNESCO World Heritage listed. Looking at maps and our Lonely Planet we found the town of Drumhellar, in the Badlands region, is famous for having the bigge...

We are getting some strange looks I can tell you.Wicked Campervans are an Australian invention. Old vans are painted up in bright colours and slogans (some rather rude, but funny) are painted on the sides and back and sometimes the roof. The business has spread to quite a few countries and has recently arrived in the USA and Canada. While doing internet research for a cheap campervan we could only find large sized RV's at large sized prices, until we found th...