Days 1 and 2 of Holiday (Regina and Drumheller)

Our first night camping in Regina.
The drive was rough. Em did not enjoy it and cried quite a bit. If we hadn't had the boys along, I would have turned around before Brandon. We tried everything, but she just didn't want to be strapped into her car seat.

The playground at the campsite had these huge balls you could roll around. Nath almost rolled over L with one of them.

First bedtime in the camper, it took the boys awhile to settle in, but they did eventually. We were packed up and on the road by 7:30am the next morning.

Driving to Drumheller you are surronded by rolling plains and then suddenly you descend into this canyon filled with these badlands. It was a cute tourist town filled with dinosaurs everywhere. After we found our campground, which was a little tricky, we should have taken a picture of the entrance. It was a residential street and what looked like a dead end with a small opening in a fence with just bush on the other side. Once you manoever through the opening you are in this quaint privately owned campground. The sites were tight though, and we only have a small trailer.

We headed to the Royal Tyrell Museum once we were set up. We arrived about 6pm, which was great, it was quiet, and not crowded. Though we missed a lot of the interpretive progamming that was going on throughout the day. Plus we had a coupon for evening admissions. So it only cost $10 to get in.

Family portrait with the T-Rex

Triceratops

Stegasaurus

Outside there were tons of trails that you could walk and if you make arrangements ahead of time, you can even be apart of real digs and other things.

We could have spent more time there, but it was enough to be there for 3 hours. N had a smile pasted on his face the entire time.

The next morning we spent a bit of time in the town of Drumheller.
They have a 62 foot tall T-Rex, that you can climb to the top of.

Here we are at the top, in the mouth.

The boys playing in the fountain and splash pad outside the T-Rex

We then headed out on the road for Banff, making a stop in Calgary at London Drugs for a camera battery charger. (Thank you GPS for making it so painless!)