Tag: Saskatchewan Grain Elevators

Western Road Trip – I’m doin’ fine!

June 30, 2021

Hello everyone. This is just a very short blog post to let you all know that I am alive and doing well. I am currently in a Regina hotel for a second night, enjoying the AC and clean clothes! The heat wave that hit BC so badly is just starting here and I’ve spent the day googling campsites with shade and a good swimming lake. I think I have a plan now, but if it’s just too hot for camping, I’ll visit Saskatoon and spend another several days in a hotel until the heat settles down.

Prior to arriving in Regina, I camped for 14 consecutive nights in my Highlander! I have been having a great time and have seen absolutely gorgeous scenery, plenty of exciting wildlife (a rattlesnake rattled me!), and many historically significant sights. I can’t wait to blog about the places I have visited and share some photos, but that will likely have to wait until I get home as wifi, and my time, are very limited.

A field of canola, near Avonlea Saskatchewan, looking west toward the Dirt Hills.

I have decided to limit my current travels to the three western provinces after all. The Maritimes are getting ready to open up a little, but I have only had my first Covid vaccination which makes things more complicated – and each of the Atlantic provinces have different restrictions and requirements. Also, I am really enjoying the prairies and I have over a dozen places still that I’d like to visit in Saskatchewan, and plenty in Alberta as well so I expect that I’ll be on the road for at least another two to four weeks. Now, three more quick teaser photos, from west to east for you, and then I’ll say, “Goodnight, thanks for reading!”

Writing on Stone Provincial Park in Southern Alberta. I spent two glorious days here swimming in the Milk River, exploring the hoodoos, and learning about the special significance of this place to the Blackfoot and other indigenous tribes. The Sweet Grass Hills of Montana are in the distance.
An early evening view towards my Highlander parked at the Belza day use area in Grasslands National Park, West Block.
One of many picturesque grain elevators in southern Saskatchewan.

Goodnight, and thanks for reading!