Can a man marry his pillow? I’m loving my new one. Oh, made it to Yellowstone too

Nr Maligne Lake, Jasper Nat Pk, Alberta, Canada - Alvin gives us a turn...

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“What do you mean you ‘don’t take tents’? You’re advertised as a campsite and the road signs show a picture of A TENT!!!” say I, incredulous in the least.

“I’m sorry but we don’t take tents, we’ve had some trouble with vandalism from ‘tenters’.  There’s a site which does take tents 15 km out of town, I can give you directions.”

I: “I’ve ridden 90 miles to get here on a loaded bicycle, I don’t think I can ride another ‘15k’, can’t you make an exception as it’s just me on my own?”

(by ‘loaded bicycle’ did I mean ‘loaded’ like a gun?)

RV site lady: “I’m sorry there’s nothing I can do.”

Me: “I’m not happy, I’m really not happy, this is not on – you should take down the signs 5 MILES OUT OF TOWN WITH A PICTURE OF A TENT ON THEM!!!”

(in hindsight I realise – thanks Nancy – that at this juncture, with a queue of eager but undoubtedly somewhat embarrassed RV-ers building behind me that I was no doubt compounding the view held by ‘RV site lady’ that tenters were aggressive, surly vandals)

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Newsflash: Down Sleeping Bags still rule. Synthetic one returned (so much for -29c rating!) & ‘old friend’ (-19c) back in use

Rain rain rain, then rain. Bit wet. At 2700 miles so getting drivertrain overhaul. Down sleeping bag swapped-out 4 (warmer!) synthetic bag.

Back in the US(S)A!Montana, big skies but wet! Rain last 3 days. Chuffed tho

4 passes over 5000 ft in 4 days! (1 was 6700 ft!) Canadian Rockies staggeringly beautiful but autumn comes early here so heading south!

IN JASPER! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Bit happy. Staying here for a few days to soak up atmos, yah.