My last blog left off with leaving Yorkton City campground in Saskatchewan. We got on the highway and headed west. It was a pretty windy day. We were getting some side winds but we decided to keep on going as it wasn't dangerous enough to be pulled over yet.
We had a beautiful blue sky, and we were becoming accustomed to the flat landscape with it's own natural beauty. Every now and then the hilliness of the terrain would have trapped little ponds and lakes alongside of the road. It really added to the landscape interest. For a wildlife sighting, we saw a coyote standing right alongside of the railroad tracks that ran parallel with the road! He was standing there watching traffic go by. I didn't have a chance to grab the camera and snap a pic of him. But he definitely was a coyote.
We pulled over for gasoline in a small town called Colonsay. We paid $1.41 a liter which is $3.59 a gallon US. Some lower mileage because of the winds we were down to 13.5 miles per gallon. But that's still not too bad.
In the next block over from the fuel station, there was a beautiful fenced-in dog park! The winds were pretty strong, but it was warming up and getting into the high 70s already.
They had a large dog section and a small dog section. We let Nick free in the large dog section because there was nobody else in that section. He played around a little bit but he was more interested through the fence of the little doggy in the small dog section. We spoke with the very pleasant owners who were local residents. They let Nick play with their elderly female Echo.
She did a lot more sniffing than playing because she was already done with her morning romp. Nick was sad to see them leave....
We made up a little lunch, and Nick was totally exhausted and crashed on the love seat. He had a very busy morning.
We drove on as far as Saskatoon. Our friend Seann suggested Gordon Howe campground right within the city of Saskatoon. The gals behind the counter were so absolutely pleasant. We were on site 15 which backs upright to the golf course! The price is $47 and a Canadian which comes out to $34 and a night US. Electric and water hookups, beautiful shower building and very nicely landscaped grounds.
Between each site are rows of lilac trees that are just starting to bud out with leaves. I bet in a few weeks it will be absolutely amazing! We sure enjoyed the lovely park like setting, especially after the campground the night before.
As I said, the back of our site was up against the municipal golf course. They do have mesh as well as fencing to help protect the RVs from any stray golf balls.
We set up our chairs in the little campsite and took some time relaxing and just taking it easy after a windy day on the roads. Nick decided he needed to take it easy too after his busy day at the dog park.
It was nice to sit back and go over our maps and kind of look at where we're going to go and double checking against some of the wildfire maps. We do see there are a few wildfires up in the area around mile zero of the Alcan. Most of them are under control and by the time we get up that way, hopefully they will be all over with.
Steve recently bought this little small Coleman travel grill. This is a smaller lightweight version for outdoor cooking. Normally he takes his big Weber Baby Q and his Blackstone griddle. But because we are trying to save on weight and space, he compromised and now he is just going to cook during this Summer on a small tabletop Coleman. It's kind of nice with a extra burner on the side. We can cook items in pots and pans outdoors if it's too hot inside.
Many years ago we've become friends with Seann from Saskatoon. We have met up with him over that time while camping around California and Arizona and New Mexico. He is the one who suggested we come to this city campground. He came over to join us for dinner along with his best little buddy, Wally.
Wally made sure that he was the prime number one dog on his dad's lap.... Take that, Nicholas!
It was great to sit around and catch up with Seann. We reminisced over all of the people that we used to camp with at The Slabs in California, and other places where we've spent time together. It's a shame to know so many of them are gone now. But we really enjoyed going over old stories and laughing about things in the past. Seann has done a great job maintaining his pickup truck and his RV that he has used all of this while since we first met him. He generally spends the winters down in the United States in the Southwest. He is a very practical boondocking RVer and he also hosts during the summertime in various provincial parks around Canada.
Too soon it was time to say goodbye. It was getting chilly out and Seann and Wally were on their way back home.
A few minutes later he texted me to look out to the west! Sure enough, we were treated with an amazing beautiful sunset.
What a perfect way
to end a perfect day
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208 miles travel today
1,277 total miles so far
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I'm still following along and enjoying your trip. Vern from Boise ( a long-time reader)
ReplyDeleteThank you for following along Vern! I just love it when people hang around and keep watching what we're doing. Sometimes it may be boring, but we hope to have some good posts coming up!
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