My first day in Canada had one mission: drive from Calgary to Pincher Creek, for the first of three nights in the vicinity of Waterton Lakes National Park. It could have been a remarkably beautiful drive, since I chose to take the Cowboy Trail, Alberta Route 22, most of the way. The Cowboy Trail parallels the eastern front of the Rocky Mountains, so the views are potentially stunning. Instead, I found nothing but a thick layer of clouds — just high enough that they couldn’t be considered as fog — for the entire trip. I knew the weather in Canada […]