Sept 10

Sept. 10
The drive to Banff was as beautiful as yesterday. I got frustrated when I saw that we could have gone to the Canadian Glacier NP and been able to visit the Burgess Shale Fossil Beds. About 500 mya the incredibly diverse and detailed remains of long extinct marine creatures were captured forever in the layers of sedimentary rock of Yoho Mountains. You can make arrangements for a guided tour. It does say that it is a full day strenuous guided hike, but I would like to try.
We parked in Banff and went for a walk. Tomorrow is a big triathlon and they where getting by ready putting up signs and directions. Glad we made it today. The town is lined with flowers and shops. One shop we went into had fossils from all over the world, but included the fossils of Nebraska, Utah and other regions where we have collected. I priced the turtles…$1000 to $2700. The oreodonts where summarily priced. It made us feel good.
Of course we stopped for lunch and ice cream and headed down rt. 1 to rt. 40. We came down that road 2 years ago to Kananaskis Provincial Park. We decided to camp in Boulton Creek for the night, we saw so many campgrounds closed and we thought we may have to camp at the visitors center parking lot. The campgrounds close Sept. 19. Snow is coming down heavy in the mountains and turning to rain at the campground. Some campers we met said if we stayed a few days the snow would be here. We will be leaving tomorrow, regrettably. We did see a moose on the way in to the park. But, haven’t seen much wild life so far.