Drumheller is at 2 hours by car from Calgary and I rented a car to go there with Vera, my roommate in Calgary. What a pleasure to drive after more than 3 months without a car!
For those who have never heard of it before, you have to know that Drumheller is the 1st place in the world to find dinosaur's skeletons - at least, that's what I've heard...
First stop was at the information centre where you can see a giant dino. You can even go to the top of it, in his mouth, for 3$. But well, that's for kids!
Then we went to the Royal Tyrrell Museum, a museum full of skeletons, scientific explanations, geological history and many other things. It's huge and very well organized and for 11$, it is worth it. Honestly, I was there only to look not to read, and the little I've read reminded me my Science lessons in high school...
Anyway it was more than interesting.
Lunch and walk in the little town of Drumheller, which is very different from all the places I've seen before in Canada. It looks like a real stereotype of an American town...
After that, we went to the Hoodoos and we stop at a kind of suspension bridge, near an old mine. The Hoodoos are nice, but not as big as I thought...
Already time to go back to Calgary by a road... well... actually you can't call this a road! It looks more like a mined path, full of dust, holes and rocks.
This was a very good day and thanks so much to Vera who accepted to come with me and share the rental.
By the way, I've found something interesting in Calgary... country pub!!! Went to Ranchman's with 2 German girls and our Swiss driver. Country music, beers, cowboys & cowgirls and country dance of course ! Yeeeeeeeha! Seems like a big part of the culture in Calgary... Stampede must be amazing!
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