Day 6 - August 26

 We were up and on the road by 8:30.  We decided to follow Highway 2 instead of the TransCanada.  Highway 2 is a little lower than the TransCanada and we followed it some the last time we crossed Manitoba and Saskatchewan.  It is a little quieter, but still a really good road.  We saw beautiful fields of crops and rolling grasslands on which you can imagine the Buffalo roaming.  

At lunchtime, we stopped in Delano where there was a lovely little park that used to be a schoolhouse.  They keep it up like crazy and it even has bathrooms that are immaculate.  They had a guest book and a donation box.  A great place to get off the highway.

We stopped for the day in Assiniboia in a little municipal campground that is beside the town pool.  They give swimming lessons there and you register with the lifeguards in the pool office.  I went for a swim in the pool after supper.  It was really hot during the day and it was threatening rain and thunderstorms while we ate.  They sort of passed by and we biked around the town in the evening.  Every town in Saskatchewan seems to just emerge from the wheat fields.  They are surrounded on every side by crops.  We love the prairies.  Our wide open skies and straight highways are great for traveling.  

You would also not believe the bugs on the front of our van!  Many, many grasshoppers lose their lives on the roads.







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  1. Jane LunshofAugust 28, 2022 at 4:06 AM

    It all looks beautiful Ang! Here the salmon derby is in full swing, I have never seen it so busy!

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