Thurs. July 28, 2011

Left Swift Current, SK with 65 degree temp. and sunny. This was a low OK motel, but probably won't stop here again. It was clean and the bed was OK, but you could see the small things on how they cut back to lower their cost. - 1/2 bar of small bar of soap, smaller towels, old TV with lines running horizontal through the picture, old style comforters, etc. It was an experience that's for sure. At least there were no bugs. lol lol. There are LOTS of mosquito's here because of the many "ponds" scattered on this farmland. About every 3/4 mile there seem to be another small lake of water. You need the repellent at night that is for sure. We went down a dirt road to check out the farmers and find out what a certain crop was. We never found a farmer or anyone around at both the farm homes on the road. One of the crops was a spring wheat and Frank was curious as to what the other crop was. We stopped in Moose Jaw, SK for petrol at 119.9 L which is about $4.50 a gallon for us. It cost us $45.00 for 10 gallons of gas. Had a traffic jam when we pulled back out on Hwy 1 in the left lane because the city was watering the potted flowers along the road!!!!Geeeze

Not much going on today as we just traveled along this very straight road to Regina, SK. There we saw a lot of malls an locals doing their thing. We didn't really want to stay, so we just kept on truck'in. Pulled into the motel about 5:30 p.m. (we lost another hour coming into Manitoba) We are now on Central Time. Getting a little anxious to get to Michigan after being on the road for 2 weeks today, except for the few days Frank was so sick. It will be nice to be settled once again. We have had beautiful weather today and looking forward to tomorrow.