Tuesday April 26 we leave St. Ignace and travel into the mitten of Michigan ending up at Harrison.
It rained as we drove today so we didn't take very many pictures to speak of, but the highways are wonderful here. It wasn't a bad driving day.
We drove around in downtown St. Ignace on the way out of here. It is a tourist town on both Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. They have a big catamaren ferry and all. And we did cross the Mackinac Bridge as planned. There is a 20 mile speed limit for trucks so it takes awhile to cross. One lane in each direction was being worked on too, so it was narrow with only the 2 middle lanes open, and cones lining the lanes.
We arrived at Hidden Hill Campground in Harrison safely and we'll stay for 2 nights. There are a couple other campers here. It's a nice place where Dixie can run free in the woods as we walk with her. We checked out Harrison and it's a very neat little town with a beautiful lake.
Thursday we get up and head to Port Huron, MI, north of Detroit, where we will spend one night at Port Huron Township RV Park. From there we'll jump directly over a bridge into Canada for one days drive which will take us across Ontario, thru Niagra Falls and clear over towards Buffalo, NY. This way we avoid driving around Lake Huron by cities like Detroit, Toledo, and Cleveland. Plan has us then staying in the Buffalo area at Byron, NY, Southwoods RV Resort.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
St. Ignace, MI
On Monday April 25th we travelled into Michigan from Wisconsin, AGAIN !! It's unusual the way the geography and state borders are layed out up here. It's fun tho. Our drive today was of 265 miles well over 5 hours.
We had planned to stay near Manistique, MI but never ran into the campground we expected to find there, so we just kept going. It was a great day to drive, and the highways were empty and smooth. It's so 'off season' here once again. Things will gear up in another month for sure. Anyway, we followed the shores of Lake Michigan in the sunshine and it was beautiful along the way.
We pulled into an 'unattended' Lakeview RV Park. There were 'late arrival' instructions posted so we read those and pulled into a site, but it didn't work out. Let's leave it at that. So we asked the owner for our check back, it was given to us, and we moved on. We ended up staying in a Truck Stop overnight in St. Ignace for $5. Diesel engines hummed all around us all night long, but they hummed us to sleep and it worked well.
I took off with Dixie for a walk and minutes from the Truck Stop out back we descended a hill and found ourselves looking at the Mackinac Bridge from the St. Ignace Golf and Country Club around sunset. It was well after supper and no one else was around there. We were standing on the deck of the club house, elevated above the golf course, and we took pictures of the bridge. The Mackinac Bridge (Big Mac) is the third longest suspension bridge in the world, and it is designed just like the Golden Gate Bridge, just of different colors, and perhaps even more beautiful. It links Michigans Upper and Lower Peninsulas, running between the towns of St. Ignace and Mackinaw City. It crosses the neck at the tops of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
I purchased a future meal, a couple of frozen 'pasties' in a store across the street. I didn't know what these were, but pasties are advertised everywhere around here so we had to try them, according to me anyway. They ended up being hand made meat and chicken pies with peas, rutabaga, potatoes, onions and carrots inside. We have one of each in the freezer and they come each with their own gravy on the side.
We blew a few fuses this night at the truck stop before the Truck Stop owner put us on a 20 amp circuit, up from 15. With the 15 amp circuit breaker the electric heater and microwave at the same time were too much for it. It all worked out and we were on our way in the morning, heading across Big Mac to Harrison, MI and the Hidden Hill Campground.
We had planned to stay near Manistique, MI but never ran into the campground we expected to find there, so we just kept going. It was a great day to drive, and the highways were empty and smooth. It's so 'off season' here once again. Things will gear up in another month for sure. Anyway, we followed the shores of Lake Michigan in the sunshine and it was beautiful along the way.
We pulled into an 'unattended' Lakeview RV Park. There were 'late arrival' instructions posted so we read those and pulled into a site, but it didn't work out. Let's leave it at that. So we asked the owner for our check back, it was given to us, and we moved on. We ended up staying in a Truck Stop overnight in St. Ignace for $5. Diesel engines hummed all around us all night long, but they hummed us to sleep and it worked well.
I took off with Dixie for a walk and minutes from the Truck Stop out back we descended a hill and found ourselves looking at the Mackinac Bridge from the St. Ignace Golf and Country Club around sunset. It was well after supper and no one else was around there. We were standing on the deck of the club house, elevated above the golf course, and we took pictures of the bridge. The Mackinac Bridge (Big Mac) is the third longest suspension bridge in the world, and it is designed just like the Golden Gate Bridge, just of different colors, and perhaps even more beautiful. It links Michigans Upper and Lower Peninsulas, running between the towns of St. Ignace and Mackinaw City. It crosses the neck at the tops of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
I purchased a future meal, a couple of frozen 'pasties' in a store across the street. I didn't know what these were, but pasties are advertised everywhere around here so we had to try them, according to me anyway. They ended up being hand made meat and chicken pies with peas, rutabaga, potatoes, onions and carrots inside. We have one of each in the freezer and they come each with their own gravy on the side.
We blew a few fuses this night at the truck stop before the Truck Stop owner put us on a 20 amp circuit, up from 15. With the 15 amp circuit breaker the electric heater and microwave at the same time were too much for it. It all worked out and we were on our way in the morning, heading across Big Mac to Harrison, MI and the Hidden Hill Campground.
Eagle River, WI
On Saturday April 23 we left Cloquet, MN for Eagle River, WI. It was some 205 miles, over 4 hours driving. On the way we passed thru alot of the UP of Michigan on Hwy 2. There were some places covered in fresh snow along the way. We passed ski resorts at Bessimer, Ramsay, and Wakefield, MI.
The Hi Pines Campground at Eagle River was not opened for the season, but we had called them ahead and the owner graciously welcomed us to stay on a seasonal site where the water was turned on. He would be around there working on the place before they're opening day, this coming Sunday. Mark also let us spend time in the clubhouse to use the Wi-Fi while he was out on the property working. He was supernice to us and because of that we were able to use the Internet to do our planning.
Dixie ran free here, all over with the owners dog Asher. Many deer roamed in the campground and the dogs chased them to the woods edge. Dixie took her first dip in the fishing pond.
It's a nice campground in a neat town. Here they have a stadium here where the Annual World Championships of Snomobiling take place every January.
We stayed 2 nights and got some much needed rest. I brought the water hose in over night to avoid freezing lines. The sun came out brightly Easter Sunday and it felt glorious. We went out around noon and brought 2 hot meals back to our place for Easter dinner. We miss our family and church family this holiday.
We will leave here Monday and go back to Michigan's UP. We'll pass thru the border towns of Spread Eagle, WI, then Iron Mountain, MI. Once back on the UP we'll continue on Hwy 2 and we may stop somewhere around Manistique, MI.
The Hi Pines Campground at Eagle River was not opened for the season, but we had called them ahead and the owner graciously welcomed us to stay on a seasonal site where the water was turned on. He would be around there working on the place before they're opening day, this coming Sunday. Mark also let us spend time in the clubhouse to use the Wi-Fi while he was out on the property working. He was supernice to us and because of that we were able to use the Internet to do our planning.
Dixie ran free here, all over with the owners dog Asher. Many deer roamed in the campground and the dogs chased them to the woods edge. Dixie took her first dip in the fishing pond.
It's a nice campground in a neat town. Here they have a stadium here where the Annual World Championships of Snomobiling take place every January.
We stayed 2 nights and got some much needed rest. I brought the water hose in over night to avoid freezing lines. The sun came out brightly Easter Sunday and it felt glorious. We went out around noon and brought 2 hot meals back to our place for Easter dinner. We miss our family and church family this holiday.
We will leave here Monday and go back to Michigan's UP. We'll pass thru the border towns of Spread Eagle, WI, then Iron Mountain, MI. Once back on the UP we'll continue on Hwy 2 and we may stop somewhere around Manistique, MI.
Cloquet, MN
On April 21 we left Thief River Falls, MN and drove 270 miles to Cloquet, MN. We are staying there for 2 nights at Big Lake Campground. It’s actually The Lounge at Big Lake, which includes the campground, with the Lounge up the hill from where we set up, where we can see it from here. There are a few cars there tonight, being Friday night, and once in awhile we can hear where someone must’ve put a dime in the juke box.
The owner turned the water on for us here right after we set up, but guess what...a pipe burst, so that was that. Today, our second day here we took showers being connected to our on-board water supply. Before the day was out we ran the tank dry, so we fall back on gallons of water, and bottled drinking water we have in storage till we can refill the tank tomorrow.
We’ve taken a couple of naps here today as we are pretty tired from travaling, setting up, and breaking down to travel again and again. We are the only ones camping here on the shores of this lake. It is still a cold spring, so not many others are up for camping as of yet.
Today we took a ride into Deluth and we visited the AAA office to pick up the maps we‘ll need to get home. Deluth is on the lower tip of Lake Superior. There were several bridges in the city, and lots of road construction going on causing for many detours.
The NCAA National Champion College Hockey Team plays at the AMS Oil Arena in Deluth and the locals are proud, just as we were in Maine a few years back when our Black Bears won it all. I think Maine may have beaten U Minn/Deluth on it's way to the championship.
On the way here from Thief River Falls we came thru a place called Lake Itasca. It is known as the territory of the headwaters of the Mississippi River. I was looking at the Mississippi on the map, trying to figure out where it actually begins and couldn't make sense of it. It is very hard to trace around where it begins, but it becomes the border between WI and MN.
Tomorrow we head out of here and move on to Wisconsin where we'll stay over at Hi Pines Campground at Eagle River, WI.
The owner turned the water on for us here right after we set up, but guess what...a pipe burst, so that was that. Today, our second day here we took showers being connected to our on-board water supply. Before the day was out we ran the tank dry, so we fall back on gallons of water, and bottled drinking water we have in storage till we can refill the tank tomorrow.
We’ve taken a couple of naps here today as we are pretty tired from travaling, setting up, and breaking down to travel again and again. We are the only ones camping here on the shores of this lake. It is still a cold spring, so not many others are up for camping as of yet.
Today we took a ride into Deluth and we visited the AAA office to pick up the maps we‘ll need to get home. Deluth is on the lower tip of Lake Superior. There were several bridges in the city, and lots of road construction going on causing for many detours.
The NCAA National Champion College Hockey Team plays at the AMS Oil Arena in Deluth and the locals are proud, just as we were in Maine a few years back when our Black Bears won it all. I think Maine may have beaten U Minn/Deluth on it's way to the championship.
On the way here from Thief River Falls we came thru a place called Lake Itasca. It is known as the territory of the headwaters of the Mississippi River. I was looking at the Mississippi on the map, trying to figure out where it actually begins and couldn't make sense of it. It is very hard to trace around where it begins, but it becomes the border between WI and MN.
Tomorrow we head out of here and move on to Wisconsin where we'll stay over at Hi Pines Campground at Eagle River, WI.
Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Today, April 20, we drove from Minot, ND to Thief River Falls, MN. We covered over 300 miles due to road closures/detours due to flooding around Grand Forks, ND.
It has not been the greatest of days. It started out slowly as we hunted around Minot for the AAA Office. We wanted to pick up some maps that we now need since changing our travel plans. Well, we couldn’t find the address, and when we called the phone number we learned that the office has closed. At that point we hit the highway and figured we find AAA somewhere ahead of us. We were told there would be an office in Grand Forks, ND.
Driving thru North Dakota and into Minnesota we were surprised to have seen a huge number of oil wells.
We were also surprised, as we passed thru Rugby, ND, that we were on, or at, or in (?) the geographic center of North America. It wouldn’t have occurred to me being so far north in USA, but I supposed I never thought about it before.
Another couple of unusual observation are that the ‘Rest Areas’ on the highways in ND and WI have all been on the left as we drive South and East. You’ll either find the Rest Area in the middle of a divided highway, or you’ll cross directly over the highway to the common Rest Area on the other side.
They also don’t have any overpasses on the highways as we have back home. Rather they have small roads, sometimes dirt, just coming up to and often crossing the state highways. There are right and left turning lanes on the highways at the intersections. Vehicles on-coming to a highway will wait at stop sign to gain access to either direction.
There aren't any guardrails along the roadways either. I guess all of the above these things save alot of money.
Of the hundreds and hundreds of miles of farmland we‘ve gone by the last few days, the vast majority of it has been wet, alot of it totally flooded, so much so that none of the soil has been worked anywhere, so no fields are planted yet.
There are tons of large farm implements being transported around on the highways, probably on their way to be tuned up for the upcoming growing season. The seeding and fertilizing machines are massive, consuming the breakdown lane as well as the travel lane on our side of the roadway, definately a challenge to pass out there. They do move over as far as they can when they see you coming up on them.
Like in Canada, we’re still in big time grain growing territory, and some cattle country. There are huge facilities all over the place with giant grain elevators and loading shoots. The railroad tracks run directly along side or near these facilities.
In northern North Dakota and Minnesota there are lots and lots of Indian territories, and their Tribal Centers. You might think you’re passing a large High School complex only to learn it is a Tribal Center. There are a lot of activities and facilities there for the youth, etc.. I was impressed.
As we approached Grand Forks we made a phone call to find out where the AAA office is. After much effort on the phone we learned that this AAA office has also been closed. We find out there is one in Duluth, MN tho, and we get the address and phone number. We’ll be there in a few days. The Road Atlas will have to do for now.
Today as we approached the Minnesota border Anne noticed what looked like a shortcut, so we took Hwy 29 North before getting to downtown Grand Forks. Plan was to take it 10 miles north to Route 1 East which will take us directlyh to Thief River Fall’s. Well, after on Hwy 29 for three miles we were detoured off of it due to flooding. At that point we didn't know how much of Hwy 29 was closed, we just followed the leader. The detour took us on to adjacent Hwy 81 N which took us well out of our way. Looking occasionally at the GPS I noticed the distance to Thief River Falls increasing more and more. As this turned out, we drove at least 60 miles out of our way.
We arrived at TRF’s and as usual we are the only ones in the campground. The park is set up nicely, but all of the gravel pads are pretty wet, quite soft. We took what we thought was the driest site. I feel like we’ve christened half the campgrounds in USA this spring. Not much socializing going on as we’re pretty much the only campers where ever we go. Not many RV’ers out this time of year in the North.
Once we set up here we found out that the cable TV hookup didn’t work. We adapted and pull in the local channels over the air. Then, as Anne made supper and plugged in a few other things, the power went out. We worked thru the power issue. It's close to freezing and the water is not turned on here. It’s supposed to be in the 50's tomorrow, so it won’t be long now.
We're hoping tomorrow will be a better day. I think we’ll move on from here in the morning. We plan to stay near Deluth, MN next.
It has not been the greatest of days. It started out slowly as we hunted around Minot for the AAA Office. We wanted to pick up some maps that we now need since changing our travel plans. Well, we couldn’t find the address, and when we called the phone number we learned that the office has closed. At that point we hit the highway and figured we find AAA somewhere ahead of us. We were told there would be an office in Grand Forks, ND.
Driving thru North Dakota and into Minnesota we were surprised to have seen a huge number of oil wells.
We were also surprised, as we passed thru Rugby, ND, that we were on, or at, or in (?) the geographic center of North America. It wouldn’t have occurred to me being so far north in USA, but I supposed I never thought about it before.
Another couple of unusual observation are that the ‘Rest Areas’ on the highways in ND and WI have all been on the left as we drive South and East. You’ll either find the Rest Area in the middle of a divided highway, or you’ll cross directly over the highway to the common Rest Area on the other side.
They also don’t have any overpasses on the highways as we have back home. Rather they have small roads, sometimes dirt, just coming up to and often crossing the state highways. There are right and left turning lanes on the highways at the intersections. Vehicles on-coming to a highway will wait at stop sign to gain access to either direction.
There aren't any guardrails along the roadways either. I guess all of the above these things save alot of money.
Of the hundreds and hundreds of miles of farmland we‘ve gone by the last few days, the vast majority of it has been wet, alot of it totally flooded, so much so that none of the soil has been worked anywhere, so no fields are planted yet.
There are tons of large farm implements being transported around on the highways, probably on their way to be tuned up for the upcoming growing season. The seeding and fertilizing machines are massive, consuming the breakdown lane as well as the travel lane on our side of the roadway, definately a challenge to pass out there. They do move over as far as they can when they see you coming up on them.
Like in Canada, we’re still in big time grain growing territory, and some cattle country. There are huge facilities all over the place with giant grain elevators and loading shoots. The railroad tracks run directly along side or near these facilities.
In northern North Dakota and Minnesota there are lots and lots of Indian territories, and their Tribal Centers. You might think you’re passing a large High School complex only to learn it is a Tribal Center. There are a lot of activities and facilities there for the youth, etc.. I was impressed.
As we approached Grand Forks we made a phone call to find out where the AAA office is. After much effort on the phone we learned that this AAA office has also been closed. We find out there is one in Duluth, MN tho, and we get the address and phone number. We’ll be there in a few days. The Road Atlas will have to do for now.
Today as we approached the Minnesota border Anne noticed what looked like a shortcut, so we took Hwy 29 North before getting to downtown Grand Forks. Plan was to take it 10 miles north to Route 1 East which will take us directlyh to Thief River Fall’s. Well, after on Hwy 29 for three miles we were detoured off of it due to flooding. At that point we didn't know how much of Hwy 29 was closed, we just followed the leader. The detour took us on to adjacent Hwy 81 N which took us well out of our way. Looking occasionally at the GPS I noticed the distance to Thief River Falls increasing more and more. As this turned out, we drove at least 60 miles out of our way.
We arrived at TRF’s and as usual we are the only ones in the campground. The park is set up nicely, but all of the gravel pads are pretty wet, quite soft. We took what we thought was the driest site. I feel like we’ve christened half the campgrounds in USA this spring. Not much socializing going on as we’re pretty much the only campers where ever we go. Not many RV’ers out this time of year in the North.
Once we set up here we found out that the cable TV hookup didn’t work. We adapted and pull in the local channels over the air. Then, as Anne made supper and plugged in a few other things, the power went out. We worked thru the power issue. It's close to freezing and the water is not turned on here. It’s supposed to be in the 50's tomorrow, so it won’t be long now.
We're hoping tomorrow will be a better day. I think we’ll move on from here in the morning. We plan to stay near Deluth, MN next.
Minot, North Dakota
Well, as you may have gathered, we have abandoned our plan to travel home thru Canada. It just didn’t work out for many reasons. Have I mentioned yet that the American dollar is only worth $.96 in Canada. That may be the case, however cost of goods in Canada is very high. The prices in grocery stores were thru the roof. Not sure how natives can afford to live here.
It’s April 18 and today we drove 265 miles from Moose Jaw, SK to Minot, North Dakota. We have stopped to stay at Rough Rider’s Campground in Minot. We chose Minot from a list of 2 campgrounds around here that are actually open. It is early Spring after all, and we are pretty far North. Many campgrounds are opening May 1 or even Memorial Day weekend.
It’s a nice campground, with nice people working here, and full service hookups, electric, water, and sewer, and the water is actually turned on !! This evening tho, I have rolled up the hose and put it away till morning to avoid any possible freezing. We’ll just hook it back up in the morning. Tomorrow we’ll be able to dump our waste water tanks and fill our potable water tank in case we need it when we move on down the road.
They have plenty of RV pull-thru sites and lots tenting sites here along the Souris River. We drove thru what I’d call the Souris River basin for about an hour today just before arriving here. It was kind of like driving thru a shallow canyon, neat.
One interesting thing about this place is that half the campground it flooded. The poor campground owner has build dikes everywhere, along the road, around sheds, etc. That’s right, it’s half under water. Perhaps you’ve heard or read where this part of the world is having these problems. There were a tremendous number of fields flooded today as we drove out of Saskatchewan, and the trend continues in North Dakota.
As we drove our way out of Saskatchewan we exited the Trans-Canada Highway in order to use Hwy 39. It travels in a SE direction in almost a straight line to Minot, ND. At the US Border it changes to Hwy 52.
In Saskatchewan before we reached the US border we passed thru Weyburn. There they boasted of having the largest interior grain gathering facility in Canada.
Regarding the US Border Control, they noticed me taking some pictures around the Customs area. After all, they had asked me to shut the engine off and wait awhile for them. Well, I don’t think they appreciated my taking pictures. They asked me to delete all of them, and they reviewed each picture with me as I did so. Then the officers asked Anne to accompany them as they entered the camper and proceeded to take all of our produce and our dog food. They made me wait in the vehicle. And, they took their time if you know what I mean. Oh well, I don’t think they like their jobs very much. I don't think I would either.
On Wednesday we’ll take Hwy 2 from here to Thief River Falls, MN. From there we plan to head to Cloquet, MN, then into the upper peninsula of Michigan and portions of Wisconsin along the way.
It’s April 18 and today we drove 265 miles from Moose Jaw, SK to Minot, North Dakota. We have stopped to stay at Rough Rider’s Campground in Minot. We chose Minot from a list of 2 campgrounds around here that are actually open. It is early Spring after all, and we are pretty far North. Many campgrounds are opening May 1 or even Memorial Day weekend.
It’s a nice campground, with nice people working here, and full service hookups, electric, water, and sewer, and the water is actually turned on !! This evening tho, I have rolled up the hose and put it away till morning to avoid any possible freezing. We’ll just hook it back up in the morning. Tomorrow we’ll be able to dump our waste water tanks and fill our potable water tank in case we need it when we move on down the road.
They have plenty of RV pull-thru sites and lots tenting sites here along the Souris River. We drove thru what I’d call the Souris River basin for about an hour today just before arriving here. It was kind of like driving thru a shallow canyon, neat.
One interesting thing about this place is that half the campground it flooded. The poor campground owner has build dikes everywhere, along the road, around sheds, etc. That’s right, it’s half under water. Perhaps you’ve heard or read where this part of the world is having these problems. There were a tremendous number of fields flooded today as we drove out of Saskatchewan, and the trend continues in North Dakota.
As we drove our way out of Saskatchewan we exited the Trans-Canada Highway in order to use Hwy 39. It travels in a SE direction in almost a straight line to Minot, ND. At the US Border it changes to Hwy 52.
In Saskatchewan before we reached the US border we passed thru Weyburn. There they boasted of having the largest interior grain gathering facility in Canada.
Regarding the US Border Control, they noticed me taking some pictures around the Customs area. After all, they had asked me to shut the engine off and wait awhile for them. Well, I don’t think they appreciated my taking pictures. They asked me to delete all of them, and they reviewed each picture with me as I did so. Then the officers asked Anne to accompany them as they entered the camper and proceeded to take all of our produce and our dog food. They made me wait in the vehicle. And, they took their time if you know what I mean. Oh well, I don’t think they like their jobs very much. I don't think I would either.
On Wednesday we’ll take Hwy 2 from here to Thief River Falls, MN. From there we plan to head to Cloquet, MN, then into the upper peninsula of Michigan and portions of Wisconsin along the way.
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (SK)
Today Anne and I split the driving in half and we moved on from Medicine Hat, AB to Moose Jaw, SK. It was a drive of 245 miles. We travelled Hwy 1, the Trans-Canada Highway the majority of the way.
We are staying at Prarrie Oasis RV Park. This is the 3rd park in a row that doesn't have their water turned on. The internet signal is poor too, so we still cannot add pictures to our blog.
We are on the verge of driving back to good ol'USA. Both of us are tired of Canada. There are snow showers in the forecast tho, and we have to be careful where we decide to go. It is still cold in the US near here too. The best forecast is actually in Winnipeg, Manitoba which is 2 days away. We'd never be able to get there tomorrow.
Todays ride was thru the praries of southern Canada. Alot of it was like the frozen tundra. They grow and process alot of grains in this part of the world, and we are never too far from the railroads. We have lots of pictures of trains running along under giant grain elevators. Pretty exciting stuff.
There is also alot of flooded farmland here. So wet non of the land has been worked yet.
We have picked up an hour of time as we head East, so we are only 2 hours behind you Easterners now. Yeah ! That actually happened a couple days ago.
It is still in the 30's and 40's during the day, and freezing overnight. We're wishing Spring would have sprung already, after all,,, the boys have started to play ball again. I hear the Red Sox are not actually what you'd call playing.....
We expect to miss the Celtics first playoff game tomorrow evening. BOOHOO. I'll have to listen to it on Twitter maybe. I don't know if the team can just ‘turn it on’ at this point, not the way they've been playing as of late.
Miss you all, and hoping all is well with everyone out there. Will add pictures when we can.
We are staying at Prarrie Oasis RV Park. This is the 3rd park in a row that doesn't have their water turned on. The internet signal is poor too, so we still cannot add pictures to our blog.
We are on the verge of driving back to good ol'USA. Both of us are tired of Canada. There are snow showers in the forecast tho, and we have to be careful where we decide to go. It is still cold in the US near here too. The best forecast is actually in Winnipeg, Manitoba which is 2 days away. We'd never be able to get there tomorrow.
Todays ride was thru the praries of southern Canada. Alot of it was like the frozen tundra. They grow and process alot of grains in this part of the world, and we are never too far from the railroads. We have lots of pictures of trains running along under giant grain elevators. Pretty exciting stuff.
There is also alot of flooded farmland here. So wet non of the land has been worked yet.
We have picked up an hour of time as we head East, so we are only 2 hours behind you Easterners now. Yeah ! That actually happened a couple days ago.
It is still in the 30's and 40's during the day, and freezing overnight. We're wishing Spring would have sprung already, after all,,, the boys have started to play ball again. I hear the Red Sox are not actually what you'd call playing.....
We expect to miss the Celtics first playoff game tomorrow evening. BOOHOO. I'll have to listen to it on Twitter maybe. I don't know if the team can just ‘turn it on’ at this point, not the way they've been playing as of late.
Miss you all, and hoping all is well with everyone out there. Will add pictures when we can.
Medicine Hat, AB
Today we drove 135 miles to Medicine Hat, Alberta. The entire ride was thru the plains and farmland of southern Alberta. Here in Medicine Hat they have the largest TeePee in the world. I haven't seen the big moose yet. Oh yeah, we'll see the big moose tomorrow in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
It's cold here, in the 30's and 40's during the day, and below freezing overnight. It's the second place in a row that hasn't had any water turned on.
We used Highway 3 today but when we leave here we'll immediately pick up the Trans-Canada Highway which is Highway 1. It's some 4000 miles long and I hope it is smoother that the roads we've used in Canada so far. It's hard to take pictures while moving along in the vehicle. Once we get an internet signal strong enough we'll add some pictures to the blog, and you'll notice the pictures are a little blurey. The wi-fi signal has been weak in Canada everywhere we go.
We stopped for the night here at Ross Creek RV Park. The park is un-attended at this time. The sign read as follows, "Sorry we're closed, go ahead and park, power, sewer, no water yet. Leave $25/night in the box."
There is a guy (enteurpreneur) here, a regular, with a tank of water who will fill anyone's on-board tank for $10. Too bad for him, we filled up from a frost-free spicket we found in the park at Fort MacLeod this morning.
We had planned to spend 2 nights here, however the forecast calls for rain tomorrow and snow tomorrow night. I think we'll leave in the morning. Tomorrow we'll drive the rest of the way thru Alberta and stay at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. To put it more in perspective we'll be north of Montana, 2500 miles from home.
It's cold here, in the 30's and 40's during the day, and below freezing overnight. It's the second place in a row that hasn't had any water turned on.
We used Highway 3 today but when we leave here we'll immediately pick up the Trans-Canada Highway which is Highway 1. It's some 4000 miles long and I hope it is smoother that the roads we've used in Canada so far. It's hard to take pictures while moving along in the vehicle. Once we get an internet signal strong enough we'll add some pictures to the blog, and you'll notice the pictures are a little blurey. The wi-fi signal has been weak in Canada everywhere we go.
We stopped for the night here at Ross Creek RV Park. The park is un-attended at this time. The sign read as follows, "Sorry we're closed, go ahead and park, power, sewer, no water yet. Leave $25/night in the box."
There is a guy (enteurpreneur) here, a regular, with a tank of water who will fill anyone's on-board tank for $10. Too bad for him, we filled up from a frost-free spicket we found in the park at Fort MacLeod this morning.
We had planned to spend 2 nights here, however the forecast calls for rain tomorrow and snow tomorrow night. I think we'll leave in the morning. Tomorrow we'll drive the rest of the way thru Alberta and stay at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. To put it more in perspective we'll be north of Montana, 2500 miles from home.
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