Faust to Edmonton

Sunday, August 29 - Well, it rained off and on all night, and again this morning.  Joe picked his way through to the mud to walk down to Lesser Slave Lake and then I drove down in the car.  It seemed a shame not to see the lake while we were parked so close, even though the weather was extremely uncooperative.  The lake is huge, and has a boat ramp and boat slips right in the campground.

David provided this morning's excitement though.  His dental bridge accidentally went down through the overflow hole in the bathroom sink and ended up somewhere in the drain.  He had to dismantle the pipes in the cabinet underneath to get to the trap.  He was using some pretty colorful language when I observed his efforts.

Joe came in to assist, and they finally were successful.  Joe, again, came up with the winning item.  Actually, when he found it, he held it up and said, "what the heck is this."  David said "that's it."  It is only a two-tooth bridge, so it wasn't very big.

But David was a happy camper to find it, and after he cleaned it off, he gratefully put in back in its proper place.

After this time delay, Joe and we girls drove into the little "hamlet" to see a stained glass panel that was saved during WWII and brought to this little church for safety.  It was only one panel, in one window, but we got a picture.

We drove through the rest of the hamlet and found out that Collins has been holding out on us again.  After coming through the Brundige mountains and resort in either Utah or Idaho, we have now learned that he has another secret property here in Alberta.

Pretty sneaky of him to have this little oasis tucked away in such an out-of-the-way spot.  I'm sure he never dreamed we would sniff this little hidey-hole out.

We were obviously getting a late start this morning with David's mishap, and when we headed back to camp to hook up the car, we came upon a blockage on the railroad track.

This is something we don't see every day.  After a short delay, the truck got attached whatever it needed and started backing down the track, and we got back to camp.  We made it all the way to Edmonton, 185 miles, and located our campground, one that Dave and Mazie remembered from their 1999 trip.  We saw small flocks of geese heading south, David spotted a coyote, and Marilyn saw a woodchuck.  I saw birds.

It stopped raining finally, and there is some blue sky around, so we are hoping for a much better day tomorrow as we tour Edmonton.