Plane Crash site near Coleman, AB

This plane crash site from the 40's is located South of the town of Coleman. N49°34.446' W114°34.246'. It's best to get there by horse, quad or dirt bike, but a hike from the Coleman staging area would get you there and back in a day. Very intersting site with wreckage strewn about from the crash.

Ram Creek Hot Springs, BC

Awesome, awesome. A natural hot springs (and at times "natural") located on an ugly logging road near Premiere Lake, BC. Clean, warm and relatively quiet. Although it's located in a "nature preserve", we stayed at the springs in the '72 Brave for 2 weekends on 2 consecutive years. The beauty of being completely self contained!

Allison Creek/Chinook Lake, AB

N49°40.021' W114°35.259'. Allison Creek is located in the forestry. Random camping but far from quiet. In the peak of summer and on long weekends, it's very, very busy. This is a popular spot for quads and dirt bikes so it does get noisy. The trails seem to be never ending. Use a gps or have a good map. It's easy to get turned around and lose you're bearings (not ball). Chinook Lake is nearby with good early fishing and Government camping. Not free but plentiful, relatively inexpensive, no services, but well laid out. Nice quiet camping only a few miles from highway 3.

3rd (and final???) upgrade

This is our 3rd motorhome. Sadly, it's isn't a Winnebago. It's a 1988 32' Triple E. We've been looking for a rear bed and found one. Unfortunately it was attached to 32' of motorhome with a larger price tag $$$. It's definately bigger than we need but the price was awesome (thanks to Brian @ Skyline Travel for treating us well) and it's in great shape.

Spoiled and pampered! We've only been many times since we bought it in November. I'm afraid that the size will definately limit our accessability that we enjoyed with the 19'. But.......who's complaining. Looking forward to years of enjoyment.

Second RV

This was our first upgrade. This is our '83 - 26' Winnebago Brave (see the trend). More room, more camp "stuff" to take along. Large and comfortable with solar power, generator, air, bunks, huge awning, etc. Although this is a great machine and in wonderful shape, it doesn't have the "funky 70's character" that the '72 had. In 2005, we made 12 camping trips in Alberta and Montana. We had rain on EVERY trip. She's proven to be watertight.

First RV

First motorhome. 1972 19' Winnebago Brave. Awesome little machine. This little baby treated me very well and never let me down. It would go places you'd never expect. Had her for about 12 years before the need for size and comfort got the better of me. Sold it to a co-worker that enjoys owning and using it. Their family camps along with us. My wife cried when we sold it and had to un-pack the gear to move to the next RV. Lots of fond memories.

Annie

Nothing like the companionship and love of a GOOD dog. Annie (Schmoopie) is my baby. Smart, smart, smart.

Campfires

Campfires..........nothing beats enjoying a little outdoor cooking, heat, drinks, and companionship around the fire.

Westcastle, AB

N49°17.855' W114°24.024'
Ahhhhhh....our second home. Westcastle near Middle Kootenay Pass. Spent many days, weekends, weeks camping, hiking, fishing, quading, and picking huckleberries here. The drive in is one of the roughest road you could ever drive (35 minutes for 4 km) but it's very quiet.