Maskuta Creek Campground (SW of Hinton, AB)

Thursday, August 20, 2009, 2217, Maskuta Creek Campground

Whew…  A real campground.  We are almost to Jasper.  How’s the truck?  Well, mileage is up…  To 7.75 MPG.  Whoopie.  However, the truck has a different feel.  It seems to shift easier, and coming into the mountains this evening, I never ONCE shifted the overdrive out.  Also, the engine is no longer heating to the top of the “operating range” but is staying around halfway between the cold and warm tick marks.  Something’s better anyway!  The “feel” and shifting are pretty subjective, and influenced by my own desire to see something different.  The temperature is quite objective, though, and it IS much cooler on the gauge.

There’s not much to say tonight, other than it’s shower time, and we are very close to entering Jasper National Park.  It’s going to be quite a drive tomorrow.  Tonight, at the campground, we have seen for the first time MOUNTAINS in our vicinity.  Here they are, looming over the two-holer…

To our friends, don’t worry about us!  We’re posting this from Safeway in Whitefish, Montana.  It’s really August 22nd, even though I back-dated the blog entry.  It’s really nice here.  Reminds us of home, but more trees.  We’re heading home, though, via Glacier NP.  Not sure where we’re camping tonight, yet.  Might as well enjoy the drive back.  Prolly get home Monday night.  We have some great photos from the Icefields Parkway.  We walked on a glacier, watched the fog lift off of Lake Louise, got some great shots of, oh hell…  Here’s a teaser…

More later, in order of course.  I hope to write of our previous tales tonight, if we find a campground early enough.  Oh, and fuel..  The 450 mile journey from Hinton used almost 3/4 of our tanks!

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