Blogs from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, North America - page 2

Pilgrimage to Rouleau Thursday, 21 June ‘07 Today we all went to Rouleau. Rouleau, Saskatchewan is the site where “Corner Gas” is filmed, at least the outdoor scenes. Corner Gas is a Canadian comedy show, about life in a very small rural town called “Dog River”. It could really be almost any small rural town, in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, or any such place where agriculture is the mainstay & those who aren’t farmers have a pretty minor role in the general scheme of things. It’s one of our favorite shows. Anyway, it certainly seemed like a reasonable distance for me to cycle there, and Bob & Panna would probably pass me about 3/4 the way there & we’d meet & take some photos. Even if there was not much to see there, how many of our ... read more

Of ticks and prairie dogs Friday, 19 June 2007 A brief interlude here to mention the ticks and prairie dogs that are very prevalent here. We first became aware of the ticks in Moosomin, on our way out. To be honest, I had one in my underwear, not exactly what I wanted to discover. Needless to say, I’ve been a bit paranoid since then. And so has Bob - he woke up one morning here in Moose Jaw to find one on his pillow! Panna too has picked up numerous ticks, which we’ve picked off her, usually before they settle in. I picked up some of the Hartz Mountain tick & flea repellent/killer, which will hopefully lessen the problem. Fortunately, according to the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture, the ticks here do not seem to carry Lyme ... read more

AND ON TO MOOSE JAW Monday, 18 June ‘07 The last of our travelling days started off rainy & cool. I put in one last exercise ride on the bike, travelling from the motel thru the town streets to a county road, dirt & gravel, and returned via another paved road to the motel, only about 17 km, took about an hour. Meanwhile Bob made sure Panna had some exercise at one of the local parks. We then loaded up Casper & hit the road. It was very, VERY wet. According to the motel owner, the previous 24 hours when we had arrived had been the only 24-hour period in quite a while where there’d been no rain. There were huge puddles all along the highway and in the fields. Makes you wonder if these farmers ... read more