Sunday, January 4, 2009

Hello from Saskatchewan! We're spending the night in Saskatoon after traveling about 750 miles. We left Grygla at 6:20 a.m. and the roads were less than desirable. The temperature was a balmy -14F. We just drove slowly and carefully and made our way. By the time we reached Lancaster the temp had fallen to -19F.

Next came the border which I was terrified about. No worries. We pulled in and the guard checked our ID's and travel purposes. He had us park and bring in our paperwork for the guns. We did so, along with Ches' paperwork and our passports. He didn't even look at the passports OR Ches' paperwork. I figure "safe than sorry" is good. 10 minutes later after we stopped we were on our way. Woohoo.

From there we just relaxed and went with the flow. The roads improved about 10 miles into Canada, as you can see in pics below.

This is what most of the in-town roads look like. The above photo was taken in Winnipeg, but most of the towns are a little slick. Luckily all drivers slow down, so we haven't had any incidents. All in all, travel is going well.
This is a photo of what the roads look like on the highway. In the ditches we've seen signs of lots of deer, but only saw 5 fat ones along the roadside around dusk. Most of the roads are clean and open.

A cute little town in Manitoba. And I liked the name. It's interesting to read the names and sometimes I manage to catch a sign.
This is a photo of sunset in Saskatchewan. We're settled in with Ches and she's traveling like the champ we know she is. Though she's stressed out and shedding like a madwoman. She might want to keep some of that hair, it's -36F without the windchill tonight.
We did manage to take some video as well, but I'm having issues loading the video, so I'll have to come back with that at another time. Tomorrow will be another long day. We're hoping to cover about 800 miles and end up in Dawson Creek, BC. We'll post if we have time and energy.
'Til Later,
B&K



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