We spent the night in Shelby, MT in the Shopko parking lot, with permission. We found this on freecampsites.net. It's right by the railroad tracks, and it was a noisy night. Filled diesel the next morning and headed out.
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We got to the International Border at 11:09 AM and waited in line until 11:41 AM. After a few questions, we drove through at 11:43 AM. Quick and easy! They asked where we were going and how long we were going to be traveling through Canada. Vehicle licence number? Guns, weapons, mace? Liquor? Cannabis? Cash over $10,000? They didn't ask about plants or food. I don't know if the crossing in to Alaska is going to be that easy.
It got pretty windy as we kept going and we stopped at Pure Casino in Lethbridge, Alberta for the evening. We found this on freecampsites.net also. I think you can stay quite a while at the casino in your RV. They told me we can register for a couple of days, and if we stay longer just to register again. There is free wifi inside also, a restaurant, bar and entertainment.
A little history of Lethbridge:
The Lethbridge region was home to 3 Indian nations, which the fur traders traded with. After the US Army stopped alcohol trading in 1869, traders John J. Healy and Alfred B. Hamlton started a whiskey trading post at Fort Hamilton, near the future site of Lethbridge. The post's nickname became Fort Whoop-Up. It was the most notorious of some of the 44 trading posts built in southern Alberta from 1869 to 1874. The whiskey was a concoction of 9 parts river water to 1 part pure alcohol, to which was added a plug of chewing tobacco for color and a can of lye for more tasted. The whiskey trade led to the Cypress Hills Massacre in 1873. The North West Mounted Police was sent to stop the trade and managed the post for the next 12 years.
Early development of Lethbridge commenced in the late 1870s with development of a steady coal market and permanent settlement. The Canadian Pacific Railway constructed the High Level Bridge at Lethbridge in 1909. The "Bridge", with a mile-long span and 300-foot elevation, is still the longest and highest steel trestle bridge of its kind in the world.
You can click on the pictures to enlarge them.
We got to the International Border at 11:09 AM and waited in line until 11:41 AM. After a few questions, we drove through at 11:43 AM. Quick and easy! They asked where we were going and how long we were going to be traveling through Canada. Vehicle licence number? Guns, weapons, mace? Liquor? Cannabis? Cash over $10,000? They didn't ask about plants or food. I don't know if the crossing in to Alaska is going to be that easy.
It got pretty windy as we kept going and we stopped at Pure Casino in Lethbridge, Alberta for the evening. We found this on freecampsites.net also. I think you can stay quite a while at the casino in your RV. They told me we can register for a couple of days, and if we stay longer just to register again. There is free wifi inside also, a restaurant, bar and entertainment.
A little history of Lethbridge:
The Lethbridge region was home to 3 Indian nations, which the fur traders traded with. After the US Army stopped alcohol trading in 1869, traders John J. Healy and Alfred B. Hamlton started a whiskey trading post at Fort Hamilton, near the future site of Lethbridge. The post's nickname became Fort Whoop-Up. It was the most notorious of some of the 44 trading posts built in southern Alberta from 1869 to 1874. The whiskey was a concoction of 9 parts river water to 1 part pure alcohol, to which was added a plug of chewing tobacco for color and a can of lye for more tasted. The whiskey trade led to the Cypress Hills Massacre in 1873. The North West Mounted Police was sent to stop the trade and managed the post for the next 12 years.
Early development of Lethbridge commenced in the late 1870s with development of a steady coal market and permanent settlement. The Canadian Pacific Railway constructed the High Level Bridge at Lethbridge in 1909. The "Bridge", with a mile-long span and 300-foot elevation, is still the longest and highest steel trestle bridge of its kind in the world.
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