Away From The Hustle And Bustle

Right now, Vicky and I are at a prairie campground in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. We just spent four days in Calgary at the Stampede and need a break from constant noise and wall-to-wall people. This is the place for it. Those of you who are reading this blog have hopefully caught on that we occasionally have to catch up on blogging. We'll be doing that, telling you about the Stampede, over the next couple of days. In the meantime, you may want to scroll back through the blog and see if you missed any of our previous backfill posts.

Greetings From Saskatchewan!

Middle Province Facts: Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are all about the same size. Each is a little smaller than Alaska. So that's almost three Alaskas in the south central part of Canada. We'll be traveling from west to east through the southernmost parts of each province in the next few days. Except for the western part of Alberta, all these provinces start at the US border with prairie, then transition to vast coniferous forests to their northern borders. Manitoba even has some Arctic tundra near the Hudson Bay. These forested areas have lots of lakes: (100,000 in Saskatchewan!), and Manitoba has some of the biggest lakes in the world, some nearly as large as the Great Lakes.

The Trans-Canada Highway in southeastern Alberta. White line fever!

It was good to have a home cooked meal, something other than rich restaurant food or deep fried fair food. And we made friends with some of the critters running around our campground.

Pork chops and rice pilaf made on a Coleman Stove

At the campground, with a kitty I've dubbed Saskatoon