Friday morning we hunted for the internet kiosk advertised in the
campground guide as one of the features of this park. After walking around the
park, then through town we determined no such kiosk existed. The clerk at city
hall told us there was open wifi at town hall and at the library. Of course the
library is closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Who closes a library on Saturday?
We eventually found out where the farmers market was being held, addresses
aren't a high priority on signs in here. We went to the farmers market and picked up some nice fresh produce and
baking. Walking around town we spotted several 'mini-motels'. It looks like
someone had purchased a lot of little old houses around town and is renting them
out by the night. An interesting use of old houses.
Friday night there was a tremendous storm, it poured with rain and the wind
really blew. The only problem (if it could be called that) was our lawn chair
blew over. We are really pleased with the satellite stand we purchased in the
states, as our dish held up beautifully. With the tripod, a wind like that would have blown the dish over.
On Saturday we thought we might carry on
on Sunday, so we should get diesel since most small towns don't have gas
stations open on Sundays. We drove around to the fuel locations listed on the GPS. A lucky little drive because we found a B.C. fruit truck parked on main
street. After filling up at the UFA station, which isn't on the GPS list, and is closed on Sunday, we went
back to the fruit truck, got beautiful tomatoes, blue berries and a small box of
cherries. The first batch of cherries always taste great. The rest of the day we
spent enjoying the warm weather.
Sunday dawned warm and sunny. The kind of day we hate to waste traveling,
so we decided to stay one more day. As the RV park is on the outskirts of town we
decided to walk on the country roads out of town. After our walk we headed back
to the trailer to watch the Nascar race.
Monday was moving day and was a clear sunny morning. We packed up and
headed for Outlook, on the South Saskatchewan River. We knew sunny weather was
too good to last, so all along the way we drove through showers. We arrived at
Outlook and District Regional Park, and got settled in a site. Who designs these
campsites? We had to park at the very front of a nice long site in order to be close
enough to the utility stand to plug in. However, the water tap was so far away we could
not hook up to water. In over 3 years we have only once needed a 30 amp extension
cord, and never a extra drinking water hose. The good news is we are only here for 2
nights and have enough water in our holding tank to make do. Otherwise, this is quite a nice little park. Our site looks out over the
South Saskatchewan River with a view of the longest walking bridge in the world.
It was a CPR train bridge but the line is now defunk. The bridge's footings are
in need of repair, so the bridge has been closed to foot traffic.
Tuesday we walked through the park, where we saw a deer enjoying the fresh grass,
over to the bridge and then took the Trans Canada Trail to downtown Outlook.
They have a refreshingly unusual war memorial.
There are a few family run businesses, but there are also 3 banks and 3 Chinese restaurants. What a difference it makes being in Saskatchewan rather than Alberta. Only 1 liquor store in town since all liquor stores in Saskatchewan are government run. There must be some artists in town as numerous buildings have murals painted on them. We stopped at a bakery to pick up a loaf of bread and John's favourite cheese buns. We then stopped at the only Chinese restaurants with patrons visible in it. The food was great and had enough left for supper as well. We got back to the trailer in time to watch some more FIFA world cup.
Wednesday was moving day, to Regina. It was a nice hot sunny day, a shame to waste moving, but we had a reservation. We arrived at our
site to find that the campground was suffering from the rainy spring Regina
has been experiencing. Who knew we could fish from our back window if we only
had a fishing pole. The robins are enjoying the wet weather because the worms
are fat and obviously easy to catch. By the time we got set up, Karen and
Dominique came over and we visited for awhile. Karen headed out to a retirement
party and Dominique stayed for supper.
Thursday after a quick grocery trip to Wal-mart we picked up Karen and Dominique to go shopping for Dominique's graduation gift. We found the perfect necklace, but after standing in Peoples' Jewellers for ages we asked twice for help, but only one of the three people behind the counter was able to take our money. We stopped at Marokena Crepe Cafe for dinner and then headed back to the trailer to post the blog and play cards with Karen and Dominique.
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