Daysland, on the Crocus Trail, as the town's slogan goes. The population of the town is about 850 people. Our first day in Daysland we made contact with a cousin and he was a great tour guide! We visited his mother who is in her 80's and was very helpful with information about the history of the family, and we drove to the little church where many of Jack's aunts and uncles are buried. That evening we went to a seed dealer's appreciation dinner and enjoyed meeting another cousin. It wasn't long and our week was filled with invitations to various cousins' farms and we talked until late into the evening. Haven't met a person we didn't really enjoy. I've gained two pounds, so will have to cut back and get the weight off.
The area's main crops are canola (the yellow field in the picture) from which canola cooking oil is made, barley, and flax and some farmers grow peas. The canola is a beautiful yellow color when it is blossoming. When we first saw in down around Lethbridge we thought it was mustard, but couldn't figure out why anyone would irrigate mustard. Asked at the tourist info center and we were assured that the yellow fields were canola, the main money crop.
The only reliable public access to wi-fi is in their library, so we spend about an hour a day when they're open checking bills, sending an occasional e-mail, etc. There is no cable hook up in the campground, so our television consists of one channel - CBC and the reception isn't good. Daysland is too far from Edmonton and Calgary. I'm getting a lot of reading and cross stitch in the evening! We took a picture of a fire hydrant in town -- much prettier than our red ones!
We generally drive 21 miles to Camrose (population 12,000) for breakfast at Tim Hortons. I'll miss it when we're gone. One of Jack's cousins lives there, and we have spent a lot of time with him and his wife.
The picture of us with the street in the background is the main street in Daysland. It's a very busy town.
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