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Friday - As we were asleep by 7pm, we were also up very early too. So we had breakfast at 06:30 and went to pick up our car from the Hertz desk at the airport just after 7am. As usual, they didn't have the car we'd booked a few weeks ago (a full-sized SUV) and asked us to go and have some breakfast while they found one, which we obviously couldn't do because we'd just come from breakfast.
After a bit of messing about and waiting around, they finally produced the enormous GMC Yukon XL that you can see in the photo. 5.3 litre V8, 320bhp, 8 seats (3-3-2) and still space in the boot for half-a-dozen large suitcases. Comfy ride too, thanks to the soft suspension and tyres that must easily had side walls seven or eight inches tall (unlike the tyres on Judith's BMW, which are about two inches thick).
We left Calgary on highway 1a, which wasn't as scenic as we'd expected, before picking up highway 40 and heading South into Kananaskis Country.
This photo was taken on highway 40, not far from the turn on to the Smith Dorien Trail.
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