Gull Lake and Cochrane, Alberta

We took a brief trip to Gull Lake and Cochrane last week, Gull Lake to attend a family reunion, and Cochrane to check on my mother-in-law, who lives in continuing care in Calgary, Alberta.

(Image is of the lake at Osoyoos, BC)

We stayed at Summerland RV Park near Gull Lake. Here is my capsule review of the same:

FYI There are no dog friendly beaches at Gull Lake.

• Helpful and accommodating management- Ok to leave Bailey in crate in the RV to attend family reunion supper
• Clean well maintained sites and campground with some seasonal sites
• Pay showers, a personal pet peeve of mine
• Laundry facilities
• Spotty wi fi 
• Have to pay for mini golf even if a guest at campground, but they do offer a discount 
• Close to Bentley and Lacombe 
• Some sites back on to highway 12 – a busier highway than we expected 
• Unfortunately, it rained the whole time we were there. Even Bailey was bored.

Next, we stayed at Spring Hill RV Park near Cochrane, Alberta, here is my review:

• Like camping in a Walmart parking lot, but with services and less street lights. The sites are extremely close together, no privacy and only tiny strips of grass separate the sites.
• Three 81-2 X 14” paper print out of rules forced to initial. 
• No refunds only a credit (we had to check out early). We don’t plan on returning so now we are forced to if want to get our money back. 
• Don’t take site 97 – especially if it has rained a lot. Our site was partially flooded. Another site was offered but it wasn’t a level site. It is also right beside the maintenance yard which was extremely noisy. 
• Open year round. Appeared to be a lot of full timers living there. 
• On the intersection of two very busy secondary highways.
• Ok to leave our dog in the trailer in the crate while we went to deal with my mother in law.
• Don’t buy any food at the convenience store – we were too tired to go into Cochrane to get milk. A 2 liter of milk at the shell store was $7!!!!
• A much better option, that is right in Cochrane, appears to be Bow Rivers Edge but it was full when we had to go.