Meet Up With John and Pam

Today John and Pam Taylor completed the first leg of their journey to Alaska by driving from Lexington, Kentucky to Calgary in about a week.  They are pulling a 29 foot Jayco trailer, compared to the 21 footer Mary and I are pulling.  The fun begins.

It was 87 degrees in the shade. I am not kidding.

They don't call it Bow River's Edge RV Park for nothing.  The water is so clean, I gave Bean a bath by having him go for a swim, then soaping him up, then having him swim again until the soap was off.  I asked some locals if this would be okay:  "Hey, you're in Canada, eh?" Pam and John followed suit and gave Dory a bath the same way when they arrived. 

Unbeknownst to us, MacKay's Ice Cream shop is something of a Canadian institution. On Saturday Mary and I drove by. When we saw 50 people in line (no kidding) I thought they must be giving it out for free. We checked it out on Monday. It was not free.  $13 for 3 scoops and waffle cones, but it is very good. People drive from Calgary just to visit the shop:  25 miles or so. 

 http://www.mackaysicecream.com/