Day 4 (September 27, 2026): Drumheller and Rosebud
We had planned to be out the door at 8:30AM to start our Sunday trip to Drumheller, and we were just a few minutes off that mark. Brrr, what a crisp morning it was! The windshields were white with thick frost, as was the prairie grass. The drive from Calgary's Northeast to Drumheller was stunning. Very different from the mountains we took in enroute to Banff on Friday, but the landscapes were equally as beautiful. Earl and Shelly got to experience the flat and endless prairie for the first time. We enjoyed snapping pics of fields, farms, pump-jacks, and endless skies all the way to Drumheller. It was just before10:30AM when the flat prairie gave way to the desert cliffs of Drumheller, as we descended into the river valley that nature carved out a long time ago. This is dinosaur territory. Apart from the kitschy brightly-painted dinosaurs all over town, the Royal Tyrrell Museum is the destination here. Even though the museum only opened at...