Day 4 - Sundre to Pincher Creek

After a scrummy breakfast of waffles and bacon (thanks Lee and Mark!) we headed across to Drumheller.

This is where the badlands are and where dinosaur skeletons and fossils have been found. It's also home to the Royal Tyrell Museum of  Palaeontology.
It was very interesting and well worth the visit.

Afterwards we heard off on the drive to Pincher Creek. The route meant doubling back on ourselves for a while. It seemed strange to be back on the Trans Canada heading west.

Finally we got to highway 2 going south. About 75km south of Calgary we came across the blackest clouds we'd ever seen and traffic stopped.

As we slowly inched our way forward we noticed that the grass was getting whiter and snow was starting to accumulate on the road. A truck had jackknifed in the other lane as well which added to the carnage.

The snow was actually hailstones but left a blanket about 4 inches deep. This obviously caught out the motorcyclists and I'm glad that I was in a car.
We slowly navigated the 'snow' and then got back into regular conditions only to face a similar situation about an hour later.
This time it had just started and luckily hadn't had time to accumulate.
The noise was horrific what with the rain wind and hail. Thankfully the stones were quite small so I don't think we have any damage.

 Finally got to Pincher Creek and our hotel (a little too basic for my tastes). Tomorrow we go down down to Waterton park for the day and spend another night here at Pincher Creek.

Snow?!