Week 3

The night before we departed High River, we enjoyed a cultural and a sporting event. We went to Spitzee school to watch Jamie in the play "The pirates of the S.S. Spitzee", a bit of a spoof on the Pirates of the Caribbean. They sailed down the Highwood River, searching for treasure and singing pirate songs. When that was over, we went to the rec centre to watch Anthony play a lacrosse game. It was a pretty decent game which the opposing team tied in the final seconds. It will be fall before we get to partake in any more of High River's culture.

On Friday morning we drove to Kindersley, Sask and stayed overnight at the Regional Park. It was okay but won't hit our top 10 places to stay list. While we were setting up, our phone went off.  To answer a cell phone, you only have to be smarter than a cell phone don't you? After 2 calls that we were unable to answer, we downloaded the phone instructions from the internet and voila, we now know how to answer the phone.  Instead of just pressing the phone symbol on the screen, we have to scroll it to the right.   Every day is a new learning opportunity.

On Saturday, we ignored the GPS instructions taking us through Saskatoon to go south to Assiniboia.  We need to do a bit of research on preferences for the GPS.  It doesn't like to take us on minor highways that don't have a lot of facilities for trucks, so it sometimes takes us the long way around.  However, we do appreciate the way it shows our progress towards our destination.  At noon, we parked the trailer in front of the Cadillac Community Hall for a lunch break.  The spot was so level, it was tempting to stay there for the night.  Usually it takes a bit of manouvering, parking one side of the trailer up on blocks, and adjusting the the trailers legs to get anywhere close to level.

We arrived in Assiniboia, and parked next to Joan's sister's place.   We discovered that we had enough space in the trailer to comfortably seat 7 people, since John can't stay in their house very long due to the cat.  We had a good visit with Carol and family, and were able to catch up on laundry without having to spend time in a laundromat.  

The wind started blowing dust across the prairie, giving John the sniffles for a few days (so far).  We are hoping that will improve once we get into the trees in western Ontario.

Monday morning we left Assiniboia, heading for Regina.  Fortunately, the wind was more or less behind us heading north for most of the trip into Moose Jaw.  However, once we turned east toward Regina, it was pushing pretty hard on the side of the trailer.  We took it easy, and the truck handled it quite well.   It was interesting to see how much the trees around the farms along the road helped give us short breaks from the wind. 

Here is a picture of our new home taken by John's dad while we were in Bowden.