Blogs from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, North America

Day 23. 5459Km. I was up at six and it was six degrees this morning in Cochrane. I started to wonder how many days or months I’d slept. I had a slice of toast and some yogurt again to make a quick exit. I really should have looked at the route the GPS was taking me on because I went right through Calgary since the Trans Canada Highway is a main street. I came into Cochrane from the South and I should have left that way too but there was very little traffic that time of morning on a Saturday so the delay was minimal. I’d received a Subway gift card last year on my birthday and finally used some of it today. I usually just pack a bit of cold meat, cheese and crackers for ... read more

Geo: 50.3969, -105.536Let's be honest- we drove the long distance to MooseJaw, Saskatchewan because we were told that the filming location for the most outdoor scenes of one of our favourite TV shows was in a neighbouring town, ...... And what is that TV show?? The very Canadian classic- Corner Gas. Admittedly Corner Gas is something of an acquired taste, and the premise of a glacier slow life experience in a very small Prairie town isn't normally the source of belly laughs but there is something very humorous and Canadian about it. Similar to riding a scooter, it was one of those shows that always got good ratings and was lots of fun, but no one would actually admit to watching it. It's been in reruns for a few years now and the town isn't quite ... read more

You don’t really get a name like "Big Ball of String Girl" if you aren’t interested in roadside attractions. Also, HAVING the label actually makes me feel entitled to stop and see every little thing. Like, it’s my responsibility to stop and see if it’s worth a picture. Which is why between Outlook and Fargo ND we saw the World’s Tallest Wheat, the World’s Largest Moose and the World’s Largest Buffalo In fact, we had to reroute just to go to Moose Jaw to see the World’s Largest Moose - "Mac". Mac is 32 feet tall, and is still (at the moment) the Tallest/Largest. (There seems to be something in the works in Sweden, but nothing completed as far as I could confirm...) (Google maps http://goo.gl/maps/Tjlnd). I assumed that that was about all Moose Jaw had ... read more

Neither of us had ever been to Saskatchewan. We had several days off and it was only about 60 miles away, so why not. We decided we would go up to Regina, the provincial capital and the second largest city in the province (after Saskatoon), and on the way we would visit Moose Jaw. We intended to just drive through Moose Jaw and continue on to Regina, but Moose Jaw turned out to be an interesting-looking little resort town, so we decided to spend the night and check it out. We found a nice campsite in a city park just across the river from town and settled in. The town has a very colorful history as a wide-open center for bootleggers, gangsters, crooked cops, and speakeasies, and during the prohibition era was a major hub for ... read more

IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED... Saturday, 23 June 2007 Took Silver out today, as I REALLY wanted to locate the TransCanada Trail in Moose Jaw, and I wasn’t sure how rough it would be. It would pretty much be my last chance to do so, as we’re leaving for Regina on Sunday. Needless to say I completely botched up the first times I tried to locate it. I rode directly from our motel to where I though it would be & in fact found a large sign which seemed to indicate I should turn left at the next corner. I wound up in an industrial area, which went nowhere, so I returned to the sign & after examining it closely, as well as the surrounding terrain, I said “oh, well, I’ll just go for a ... read more