Saturday was a showery day, but that was ok, as we occupied ourselves doing housework. Late in the afternoon we checked our computers to discover that in fact we had wi-fi at our site. So our host's promise that his wi-fi was going to be boosted on Saturday was in fact true. It is not the strongest signal in the world, but sufficient for checking email. We don't feel quite so cut off from civilization.
Sunday dawned partly cloudy, we went to the Denare Beach museum and then for a walk. After watching the Nascar race we browsed our info and maps and made plans for the rest of the week.
The area around Amisk Lake proved to be quite interesting. Monday we drove to the Beaver City marker, along the shore of Amisk Lake. Beaver City was settled before Flin Flon, when gold was found there. However, since WW1 made copper more important than gold for a while, Beaver City became a ghost town and Flin Flon flourished. We stopped at a picnic site at some limestone rocks overlooking Amisk Lake for lunch. On the way back to Denare Beach we wandered through a very intersting limestone crevices area, apparently rich on fossils.
Our next stop was a wild rice processing plant in Denare Beach. They provide rice to many retail outlets. We purchased some rice as well as some wild rice pancake mix. We removed our battery from our cell phone, left it out for a few minutes, and rebooted the phone. We actually had cell service (since we were on the Saskatchewan side of the border??) at Denare Beach.
After breakfast of blueberry wild rice pancakes on Tuesday, we headed into Flin Flon. We noticed that cell service ended once we got back to Creighton (still in Saskatchewan?). We did the walk around Ross lake.
The trail is thanks to Hudbay Mining. The rocks are spectacular, but we did chuckle at the Green Project sign at the beginning of the trail.
We stopped at the co-op for groceries and then headed back to the campground to play Wii. A good use of a dull afternoon. The showery afternoon again brought out the resident grey fox. It didn't hang around long enough for us to take its photo.
Wednesday was a beautiful calm sunny day, a perfect day to use our inflatable boat on the lake, and try out a new set of oars we had bought in Flin Flon. As the lake is large, we needed a calm day to take out the boat. In the afternoon we donned our swim suits, blew up our floaties and headed for the beach for an quick dip in Amisk lake. We figured we couldn't spend a whole week at a lake and not go swimming. Once we got in the water for a while, it didn't feel too cold.
Thursday was moving day. We headed down the Hansen Lake Road to Little Bear Lake Campground, on a beautiful lake, the campground is nestled among tall pine trees. The deal we made with the operator is that we would stay a week if we could get satellite reception, otherwise only one night. With some difficulty, we were able to line up the signal between a couple of tall trees, with short disruptions when the wind moved them. We were able to catch the news and hear all the problems with flooding. We are concerned about the kids in High River, our friends in Canmore and along the Elbow River in Calgary. As this area is a communication free zone, no cell service, no internet, we are unable to contact anyone to see how they are coping.
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