Blogs from Saskatchewan, Canada, North America - page 15

We had a great visit with Eugene & Claudia, lots n lots of laughter. Saskatoon was not one of our stops but a friend I had met in Haines Junction, YT lives there. I had not seen Marla in 15 years. We could stop here because we had bypassed The Pas, and Marla had one more of my photo albums. This would be the only time I could stop to see Marla lol don't know when I will get this kind of opportunity again. The last time I saw her, her twins were babies, now they are young people lol So we stopped and I got to catch up with Marla. She has not changed at all lol. We stayed for a lil over and hour. I took pics or should I say Nat took pics ... read more

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There have been many travels since my last blog; Berlin, Andorra, the Pyranees, Alicante, Albarracin, Majorca, Picos de Europa, Bilbao, Asturias and Teruel. We travelled a great deal of the country overland by car, as the realisation came to us that our time here was coming to an end and we had spent too much of our free time and money travelling abroad. Spain needed some attention, and finally with a basic understaniding of the language we could travel with ease, and get off the beaten track... The usual bevvy of sumertime fun awaited us in Canada, and our routine combination of music festivals, camping, weddings, and parties, all went down with great success. But as the end of summer approached, the frenetic pace of constant travel has slowed, and Spain already feels like a distant ... read more

We had a nice breakfast at the Hawood Inn, one of the nicer hotels in town. Then we stop and grab a couple of sweet buns for later at the local bakery, which is bustling with people getting coffees, papers, and bakery items to go. We are heading home, and plan to take secondary and grid roads to see more of the countryside along the way. We take highway #263, AKA ‘the scenic route’ south through the park and stop at Trappers Lake and Sandy Lake before leaving the park. Trappers Lake is very small, shallow with lots of reeds and bulrushes, and with mud shores. It also allows no motor boats, so is nice and quiet, and has only 5 camping spots. However, it is not very inviting, so we move on. Sandy Lake is ... read more

I have a week off of work, and the weather is supposed to be cool and rainy all week, so we decided to get in the car and go somewhere where it is sunny. It seems counterintuitive, but the forecast says it will be nice and sunny in the north. So, we have decided to head north. Waskesui Lake, in Prince Albert National Park is a favorite summer vacation spot for lots of Saskatchewan folks. Neither of us has ever been there, so that is our destination. As soon as we get out of town and start heading north, the land turns into rolling hills dotted with hay bales and farms, both old and new. Just off of highway #2 we find an old abandoned farm. You can see that it was once someone’s home. A ... read more