HIGH in Canada...Rockies that is!

We are currently parked in the George Lane Memorial Park, High River, Alberta, Canada, roughly 30 miles from Calgary.

It is a small, quaint and friendly town. just off Hwy 2 The campground is managed by the Lions International group and is well maintained, has nice showers and is close to Old Town…. It'is within walking distance to shops, services and eateries and a mid-size community family park with a really nice baseball diamond rounds out the setting. Only downside - the cottonwood trees are shedding and the mosquitoes consider me their human buffet-dessert zone. We are now heavily outfitted with 30% Deet lotion, 23.5% Deet spray, some anti-itch cortisone cream and a anti-histamine - the bugs are thick here and apparently I am allergic given the size of the welts. (Local posters warn of West Nile virus prevention - something we hadn'tconsidered as an issue south of the border…it's kinda freaked me out-given the dessert platter I appear to be for them.)

We have found the local coffee shop with free wi-fi for those who have their own computers - since we have no tv, this little piece of technology = happiness. They also have amusing cartoons in the ladies room:

 

A short walking tour this morning provided us with some local history and a wonderful series of hand painted murals on many of the buildings throughout the town (slideshow of local photos to the right).

Prior to horses being imported by the Spanish in the 1600's, which eventually migrated North the First Nation (Canadian) peoples (as did the American Plains Indians) drove herds of bison off the surrounding mesas (an easy alternative) to achieve multiple kills. This mural depicts that history:

Tomorrow we will drive 20 miles to the "railway" parking lot to take the train into Calgary. Apparently parking is difficult to find and expensive….we can compare out MAX line to what the Can-nucks offer.

Ciao~