With all this traveling, I'm a very tired bear.

So many miles, I could hibernate all year.

When I awake and stumble out my den,

No doubt Pat and Jenny will be going off again.

Sept. 25th - After Cereal, what can we say?Farmers are continuing to bring in their crops due to good weather.Saw another coyote and dozens of goats that were loose on the road.The road led to Drumheller, Alberta, which is always an interesting place to visit because of the dinosaur remains.It is a very dramatic change of terrain from flat prairie to suddenly drop into the Bad Lands canyons.A certain person we know found lots of fossils there this summer.So, I'll have to come back another day.We took some pictures, but I believe previous pictures taken in Dinosaur Provincial Park showed better scenery.Tried to send the blog in Drumheller, but the computer would only allow pictures to be uploaded, and not our word document.Receiving mail though was great.The Trans Canada Highway runs right through the centre of Calgary, which means a lot of stop and go.At least there was a glimpse of the foothills of the Rockies as we headed west.The day was getting late and no sign of a possible camp spot.Either it was Native land or a national park.So we opted for the park, where we tucked ourselves away in a corner and hoped the park ranger turned a blind eye.

Sept.26th. - Never mind the park ranger, it was a deer that was keeping an eye on us this morning.We were all having breakfast at the same time.The time zone is now back to normal crossing into B.C.There was lots of low cloud through the Rockies, and so few pictures were taken.If it had been clear it would have been interesting to see a train come through the spiral tunnels.The road takes you through eight snow tunnels.A year or so ago in the paper there was an article about a man who had a collection of over ten thousand hubcaps, so a visit was made to find one for Marigold, who lost one on a ferry years ago.He had two, but they were broken.Nobody is commenting now on Marigolds' license plate as she is back in B.C.The blog at last was successfully sent off in Revelstoke today.You can look forward to the final installment from home.

Sept 27th - Listening to the radio news in Kamloops last night, it was announced that the toll had been removed from the Coquihalla Highway now.It used to cost $10 and Pat always avoided this road on principle, but upon hearing this news, that's the way we went home.It's also the quickest route.Also that evening we got talking to a couple who had a one ton flatbed truck with a dome tent in the back covered with a tarpaulin.That's the way they traveled and were quite happy.

The devastation caused by the pine beetle became very apparent today.Luckily it hasn't spread east of the Rockies, but millions and millions of pine trees have died and turned a rusty red colour.

Sending off the blog is a bit of a hit and miss affair, especially the photo's.We apologize for the order in which they appear - the latest ones are often in the middle of previous ones sent, but this is out of our control given the limited internet time.Hopefully this will be adjusted later if allowed.

Arriving home, it was good to see and chat with the neighbours again after almost three months and 24,000kms.Just because I've been away for a while, I'm annoyed to find no apples or pears left by the intruding bear.There are some repairs needed to Marigold, as well as Pat and Jenny, before the next trip!!!

Bye-bye from the bear blogger and buddies.