So, welcome to the mundane!

After days in the life of a travelling hobo, I have been sleeping in a warm comfortable bed at Josée and Steve’s.

It’s nice to take a break from the road and the white knuckle Rocky Mountain drives. Even nicer to see a friend from long ago. Even even even nicer that it’s like it was only yesterday that we last saw one another.

I am most grateful.

I parked the trailer at Springbank Storage at the gate of Calgary Sunday afternoon.  A staffer walked beside me guide me to a shoe box sized spot that I had to back into.  It was perfect.  Would I be able to replicate? Nope.

He confirmed once again that small trailers are harder to park, so not to worry, it will get better.

He provided another bit of advice and that was to line the trailer with the desired spot as if I had already pulled out.  On my list of tricks to make it easy or to explain incompetence.

All the sites at Kootenay were pull-throughs, a lonely example of smart government planning. Much appreciated.

I returned to Springbank Monday to check on things.  I had this fear that somehow the batteries were draining and I cannot imagine why as I went through the checklist and turned the master to off. The batteries were fine with the solar panels doing their stuff.

This is an ongoing theme, dealing with new (for me) technologies or situations. Answers to questions come from any number of sources: manuals, forums and asking neighbours.

There is a dog in the house. Otto is a very big and incredibly strong Rottweiler, no fat, no tail, just teeth and muscle. He is well-trained and we get along just fine.  Calgary has many parks with lots of parking and unlike Ottawa you can  park without paying.

We went to a park, basically a fairly large hill with paths that is off-leash for the dogs.

I have started to consider my options for the trip home. I intend on parking at the occasional Walmart and spend a bit of time in Saskatchewan and Manitoba parks and I have all the park information with me.

I am looking forward to getting home.