The Bad Lands Alberta

Well I am out of the flats now! Feels good to have something nice to look at instead of just fields of nothing. I made the long drive from Saskatoon to Drumheller yesterday. It is the heart of the Canadian Bad Lands. So nice here. I did not roll in until 6pm so I drove the 11 bridges scenic route and found a place to camp. There was a single lane dirt road going into the middle of The Bad Lands I found so I put the Jeep into 4 wheel drive low and started climbing. There was a snap and I started rolling back. I got out and looked and couldn't figure out what broke. All I know is that the Jeep will not properally engage into 4 wheel drive low now and snaps out when under load. So I put it in 4 high and tried the climb again. After a good climb I had a very steep decent to do. Which again was not all that much fun and pretty scary in 4 high. After that the trail into the heart of The Bad Lands got easyer and I found a beautiful spot to camp on the edge of a huge canion. It was so hot when I started eating supper it was almost unbearable and by the time I finished eating supper it had cooled down so much I needed my heavy sweater Julie made me. The night was so cold as well. Must have been near freezing. In the morning I had that steep long sandy hill to climb. I was pretty nervious about it all night. With no 4 low I started to climb. Almost stalling a few times because my RPM's where so low. But I made it. Which was a huge relief.

The Jeep is starting to worry me now though. It is burning motor oil and leaking coolent. I have now picked up a chipped windsheild on the highway and have no 4 low any more. Hopefully it will make it because I still have along way to go.

But I am going head off the the Royal Tyrrell Museum now. I will post the pictures after. You should now be able to post comments by clicking on the annoymisis tab and you wont need to log in.

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