Thursday we packed up, and after a telephone chat with our friends Kris and
Brian we departed PA. Our diesel and coffee stop was Holbein. Neighbours in the RV Park and the
Saskatchewan Highway website indicated highway 3/55 was down to one lane about 6
kms east of PA. Well we arrived at the corner where highway 55 heads north, with
no water problems. We figure the problem must be further west on highway 3.
We stopped in Debden for our lunch break. Debden had become the home of one of the cattle
rustlers who fled from the Big Muddy, trying to avoid the law. We arrived at the campground in Big River in early afternoon. It is a nice campground, full
service, open spaces, making getting satellite reception easy. Our after dinner
walk took us about an hour and we pretty much covered all of the town, including
a stop at the lake front.
Friday was a recon day. We stopped at visitor information and then went for
a drive to scout out lakes good for paddling our boat. We checked out a number
of lakes and saw a bit of the lake country north of Big River. We saw a number
of deer, which bounded across the road in front of us, so where unable to get a
picture. We decided to stop at Sled Lake (there was a dot on the map, so we
figured it was some sort of hamlet) to pick up a cold drink. We found a
municipal office, a garbage dump, maybe 15 houses, but no convenience store. So
much for a cold drink. But we did get a picture of a deer munching on a lawn.
Saturday was a cloudy and cool day. We walked over to the farmers market.
Because we didn't want plants there was not much to interest us. I guess early
July is too soon in this area for veg's. We then walked by the golf club to see
what it was like. Very quiet, inexpensive and mostly self serve. If there is no
one there, you just put your fees in the box and play.
Monday morning was sunny and warm. We decided to take advantage of the golf course. We walked over, put our fees in the self-serve box and played
9 holes. We do get good value for our money, because Joan is just learning to
play golf (and a slow learner at that) it takes a long time to finish 9
hours. We couldn't believe that we found balls on the fairways, until we lost one ourselves. There were a couple of mowers out on the course, so some of the fairways had the grass clipped better.
Tuesday was a warm sunny calm day, a perfect day for using our inflatable.
We spent some time at Top Lake, one of the many small fishing lakes in the area.
After lunch we stopped at Pickerel Point, a
picturesque spot with a seasonal campground and lakeside cabins on Lake
Delaronde. This place had a restaurant and convenience store, so at last we could
get an afternoon treat and cold drink.
Wednesday again was a hot, sunny calm day, so back to Top lake, with our
boat. The lake was busier, with 5 other boats on the lake.
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