We left the States on Saturday August 3, and headed to our first campground, a KOA west of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The campground was quite full, and we were happy to be off the road and settling in for the night. While Jack was setting up, I went up to the office to use the wifi and find a church -- with Mass preferably on Saturday night. YIKES! Mass was starting in 15 minutes at St. Patrick's in Winnipeg. We dropped everything, and dashed to church -- arriving during the sermon.
Sunday was cool and sunny in Winnipeg, but the farther west we went, the cloudier it got, finally ending in some heavy rain. Our destination was a campground in Regina. Luckily it had quit raining by the time we got there, so Jack didn't get wet setting up. Monday night found us west of Saskatoon and we arrived Monday at our destination, Camrose Alberta.
Our visit to Jack's cousins in Canada was really great. We so enjoyed our stay! I likely gained 5 lbs with all the food we consumed! We visited Eldon and Sharon, Barry and Carol, Joe and Ro, Doug and Anne, and Lloyd and Darlene. Maybe they'll come visit us one day so we can repay their kindness! Burkard men don't take long vacations, however. Perhaps when they retire from farming and are bored with winter they'll come south!!
On August 14 we left Camrose after a farewell breakfast at Tim Horton's with Eldon and Sharon and Barry and Carol. We reversed our tracks and spent that night in Saskatoon, and the next two nights in Regina where we did some sightseeing.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have a training depot in Regina, as well as a Heritage Center. While we were at the Heritage Center we enjoyed a 25 minute movie on the training depot and enjoyed their museum. We were treated to a tour of the training depot and our guide introduced us to her father, a drill sargeant who came out of the Drill Hall to answer questions, and allowed us in to watch a first year troop practicing their marching. The next day we stopped over at 12:30 to watch the whole depot (290 cadets) participate in the Sargeant's Drill, which dates back to the early years when it was used to count the cadets before lunch. It was very impressive!
We also toured the historic Lieutenant Governor's House which was refurbished to the 1890 time period. Very well done! After 1945, the house was used as a rehabilitation center for returning soldiers. In the 1990's after many different affiliations it was refurbished and reopened to the public--FREE OF CHARGE!
Saturday we left Regina and headed for the border and Minot, ND. Note to future border crossings:
DO NOT take oranges or other fruits and some veggies into the US. Ours were confiscated at the border!!!!
Ah, welcome back to the USA!!!!
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