Road Trip out West, May 7-10, 2018

Leif Norman

We were slightly delayed in leaving Winnipeg because of a dodgy wheel lug on our 2015 Nissan Micra, but Curtis Tire fixed us up and we finally left around 5pm. Normally on the first day on the road we make it to Swift Current but in this case we gave up at Brandon and desolately checked into a hotel and sat in the hot tub.

Winnipeg to Brandon to Fort MacLeod to Radium to Kamloops.

Get yer tires fixed!

 

“Pepe” our 2015 Nissan Micra. Made in Mexico.
The thermos with the water in it leaked, so we dried the clothes on the hotel bed. Brandon MB.

 

At the end of our second day on the road we stayed at the Old Man River campground by Fort MacLeod Alberta

Day two: from Brandon to Fort MacLeod and visiting Medicine Hat on the way by.

Exploring Medicine Hat on the way out west

 

Medicine Hat Alberta. Contemporary Photographic Urban Landscapes

 

 

Architecture in Medicine Hat, Alberta

 

 

 

Medicine Hat vintage buildings
Miistakiotahkoomahkokata: A Yellow Bellied Marmot.

We got up early in the morning at Fort MacLeod, explored Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump, all by ourselves only watched by some Marmots. The atmosphere was quite magical even though the wind was stiff.

Beautiful light at Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump, Alberta

 

Angular Concrete Architecture at the Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre

 

 

 

 

 

Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump rock cliff

 

View of the mountains from Head Smashed in

 

Miistakiotahkoomahkokata; the yellow bellied marmot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pincher Creek Alberta

 

Lebel Mansion, Pincher Creek
A first view of the mountains
Mid Century Modern design at Radium Hot Springs

It’s always worth a stop at Radium for a soak in the big hot spring pool.

The view of Radium BC from high up on Red Streak campground

 

 

Sinclair Canyon BC

 

 

Sinclair Canyon, Radium BC

 

 

 

 

Sinclair Canyon in Radium is a fun place for Photographers

We went from Radium to a campsite just east of Kamloops. There are very few camping options in that stretch of highway west of Revelstoke.

Cool car graveyard at Spillimacheen BC

 

 

Plymouth Road Runner decal

 

 

 

Monarch Sceptre in Spillimacheen BC

 

Awesome vintage car type face “Sceptre”

 

 

Revelstoke urban building design. New Topographics.

 

Fabulous old fashioned house design in Revelstoke BC

 

 

Cool Art Deco design. 1939 Architecture. Revelstoke Town Hall.
An excellent and creative bike rack design to lock up your bikes to, in Salmon Arm BC. Re used Bike parts.

 

Not the best place to pitch a tent, but it will do.

 

Golden BC has beautiful hand made wooden bridge

 

Late night camping dinner just east of Kamloops BC.