Last silliness in Banff, rockies drama: a bear eating something big, Sunday traffic, bug splats, straight roads, watching the ditches at dusk for glowing eyes and leaping ungulates, super moon, super glowing orange ball in my rear-view mirror, Peter Gabriel singing in my car: “Drawn across the plain lands to the place that is higher….”

More hellos and goodbyes, ranch quietude, comfy bed, starry sky, kitties running everywhere, hay bales, some more spontaneous buffoonery, a slow stroll on the pebbly road, more conversations and stories….

A sleepier day, air conditioning on and off, time to pull over and nap, waking up to a train, time for some photography, longing for a good coffee, changing my schedule and deciding to rest in Regina.

Tomorrow promises of a delicious morning coffee and hitting the road earlier. Motels are booked in Northern Ontario, thank goodness. Off to Kenora in the morning!