This night it was very cold again, however we were prepared this time with enough blandkets and had a very nice sleep.
There is a nice cloud above the mountains of the Glacier National Park.
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During our drive we need to wear warm clothes, especially when you are in the back of the Model T.
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Today we will pass the border of Canada.
We search a nice route to a small border crossing, it is a beautiful route.
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It is a very easy border crossing. There is only one customs officer and after a few questions and a check of our passports we leave USA and enter Canada!
We take a picture at the welcome sign of the National Park, unfortunately for the picture the flags are not waving very much today.
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We drive further into Canada. During the drive the cut out of the exhaustpipe stays open, which makes quite some noise.
(The purpose of the cutout is to let the exhaust gases out before the muffler during a climb. The gives a little more power and less heat for the engine).
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We can’t repair this rightaway, a valve is loose, to repair that the whole exhaust pipe should be removed. So we decide to continue our way to Joan Bak.
Dirk-jan sits behind the steering wheel of the Model T again, and suddenly the valve closes again. A self healing model T!
We call Joan to ask about the last part of our route. We can recognize his house very well by the big red barn!
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At 5.30 p.m. we arrive at Joan’s house. Very nice to see him again.
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Joan was about to leave towards a rodeo in Nanton. His daughters Valeska and Carucha participate in that.
We go along, it’s very cool to see.
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One of the games is to quickly catch a calf with your lasso, very spectacular.
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And of course there are also people riding the bull.
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Carucha and Valeska participate in 2 parts of the rodeo. They ride like a bullet on their horse, beautiful!
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After sheltering for a very heavy shower (Joan told: if you don’t like the weather in Canada, wait for 5 minutes) we go back ‘home’.
We build our tent in the garden and park the Land Rover in the barn and put the rooftent up.
Today we drove 266 kilometers. The last kilometers with the Model T for this crew.
Tomorrow we will go to the Calgary Stampade, a very big Rodeo festival, we are curious!
