Surprise! Home again!

I didn't take and pictures on the trip up I-15 / AB 5 / 3 / 2... we've been up that road many times so you could look back at any previous posts and get the idea.  Stops this trip were Ogden rest area (41.46734, -112.05373), Helena MT Wal-Mart (46.59193, -111.99179), and Conrad rest area (48.18151, -111.93191).  We were forced into the stop at Conrad to wait out some high crosswinds through northern Montana, so we took the opportunity to tour through town in the Jeep.  I think Conrad will be my new first-US fuel stop as the access is pretty easy, and the new rest area is a lot more inviting than the usual one north of Great Falls.

Surprise!  Even April 9th is too early to assure spring-like weather in Alberta.  Actually it shouldn't be a surprise at all unfortunately.  Let's see... we had a big dump of snow the first week of October before we left, and another one the second week of April after we got back.  I suppose that's so we don't miss winter too much.