Day 266: Calgary - Lethbridge
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Sunday May 1st
Let the second part of the road-trip begin! Tim Horton’s again for breakfast – although we’re now all sick of Tim Horton’s. The employees really make ordering difficult – how hard is it to have a bagel with cream cheese and water? No, I do not want a coffee – or a combo – and can I please just have a plain bagel, not a cinnamon and raisin or whole wheat.
At 10am we checked out of the hotel and made our way out to the airport to pick up our hire car, using the LRT and bus for only @2.75. We arrived perfectly on time at 12pm to fill out the appropriate documentation. We were offered a choice of cars – a Dodge, Chevrolet, and a Mitsubishi. “That means nothing to us”, we said – “Do you have pictures”? They didn’t, but the guy recommended the Mitsubishi which was an SVU with lots of trunk space. “It’s not too big is it?” we asked. We shouldn’t have believed him when he said it wasn’t – remember, an American small in anything (i.e. coke) is a large in Australia!
At 10am we checked out of the hotel and made our way out to the airport to pick up our hire car, using the LRT and bus for only @2.75. We arrived perfectly on time at 12pm to fill out the appropriate documentation. We were offered a choice of cars – a Dodge, Chevrolet, and a Mitsubishi. “That means nothing to us”, we said – “Do you have pictures”? They didn’t, but the guy recommended the Mitsubishi which was an SVU with lots of trunk space. “It’s not too big is it?” we asked. We shouldn’t have believed him when he said it wasn’t – remember, an American small in anything (i.e. coke) is a large in Australia!
Amanda was the only one of us with experience driving on the wrong side of the road, so she took the first turn in driving. We had to first stop off at the hotel to pick-up our bags, and then the road-trip was on! We drove for about an hour (after getting slightly lost in the city), eventually pulling in at a small town off the highway for lunch. We drove around the town for 15 minute without finding the city centre or anywhere to eat, so we gave up and went to find the highway again. Of course, that was when we found all the restaurants – Subway for lunch!
Our pit-stop for the night was Lethbridge, a town of about 80,000 people know for its amazing railway bridge. We pulled in at Days Inn for the night after having a spin around town, and spent a few hours settling in and playing on the net before having dinner at Earls. The three of us then returned to the hotel to watch the sunset whilst having a drink – although the weather was quite cold, so we didn`t spent too long outside!
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