Dale spent some time Sunday afternoon repairing the electrical hookup between the car and the bus. It had come undone and after dragging on the road for lordy knows how long, it was a bit of a mess. Now all fixed and working great. Later, Judy came and picked us up and we spent the evening at Matt & Caylie's and got to see Kennedy, who is now 3 and a delightful little girl, and Noah, who is 3 months and a real charmer. It was a lovely, lazy evening.
Monday a.m., Judy dropped off my bracelet, which she had repaired and shined (thank you!!) and around 10:00 we left Calgary, heading east on TC #16. Ran into rain, sun, rain, sun and more rain..mostly rain AND the most god awful road construction on Hwy 9. Muck, slime, gumbo for miles and miles. The wheels on the bus actually started spinning on one slight climb and now the bus is covered in Saskatchewan gumbo!!
The fields were glorious tho', yellow (canola) and every shade of green on the rolling hills. Really was a beautiful drive to Eston. Joan & Paul met us just outside Eston and showed us a good, paved place to park (if you know Eston, it was behind the gopher statue!). With all the rain, the gravel roads were too soft for the bus to travel on and even Joan & Paul are unable to get out of their driveway with their b us. If it doesn't dry up by fall we may never see them again!!!!
Had dinner out at Joan & Paul's and a good visit before they brought us back to our coachn. Then, Tuesday a.m., they came in and we went out for a delicious breakfast, a shop stop at the 2nd hand store and then Paul & Dale went over to Kindersley to do guy stuff, plus Dale can't sit still for more than 15 minutes, and Joan and I went back to her place. A fun filled afternoon of doing laundry and playing Mexican Train Dominoes. Then, Joan wanted to learn cribbage so we got a few games in. Still have a few basics to cover but Joan is going to be a deadly player!!!
Dinner, some wine, good visit and then back to our bus for the night.
We left Eston around 10:00 this morning, heading east in glorious sunshine. So much flooding tho' all along the highway. Fields just floating..this province certainly needs a lot of sunshine to dry out and save the crops. Arrived in Saskatoon around 12:30 and currently parked at WalMart on the outskirts until we check out RV parks. A lot of them are gravel roads so want to make sure they are dry enough for us to drive on..if not, we'll just stay at Wal Mart. Did a quick tour around the city to get the "lay of the land" and will do some more exploring tomorrow.
Time is flying, already on the road for 9 days and seems like we just left. Till next time....
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