Hay!

I’ve had it with hay fields. That’s all there is…all day long. To relieve the tedium, we pull off at Moose Jaw where there is supposed to be a casino. We figure we’ll grab some lunch, play for an hour and get back on the road. We can’t find a place big enough for us to park…we get lunch for Tor and get back on the road.

More hay. We’re passing Regina (long “i”, called the Queen City). It rises out of the prairie with what looks like skyscrapers from the highway. We keep going. Trying to put a lot of miles behind us today as we work our way back to DC

We’ve been to Moose Jaw and now stop in Moosomin. If you’re really into the camping thing, the park we stop at is perfect. Its sites are very secluded in the woods. I haven’t liked when we’ve been packed in like sardines…this on the other hand is a bit too quiet…my imagination gets the best of me!

Haven’t been able to find a grocery store. Make do with what we can find in the refrigerator. Have a steak salad…tastes terrific after a very long day.

August 28 – We are bound and determined to make it back to the states today. Haven’t had the internet in 10 days and the cell phones are on some kind of international roaming which I’m sure is costing a bloody fortune!

More hay.

I’m really hating the hay now. We are only 20 miles outside of Winnipeg and there’s smoke all across the road. The traffic is stopped dead in its tracks. You just can’t see up ahead. An ambulance and police car go by. Dorkette (our GPS) says if we take an unpaved road to the right, we can skirt this. We check with the flagman who is holding the traffic. He says they are burning off the hay stubble and he thinks the fire caused an accident ahead. He says we can make it down the unpaved road. It’s at least 8 miles. We make it…find the Winnipeg bypass, and move along. Trying to make it to Fargo..not going to happen. Hopefully there is just something across the border.

We get busted at customs! They pulled us over and went through cabinets, the refrigerator and pantry. The guy actually opened every food container, everything thing that was wrapped in the freezer, pulled out the chorizio and quizzed us on what it was. He then found a leftover piece of salmon from a restaurant. He confiscated the lemon slices they had packed with it!!!!! I’m so glad our borders are so well protected!

We’re exhausted and just want to find somewhere to stop. We find Drayton, ND and low and behold a city park with RV hook-ups. We’re told there is a very good restaurant in town and set out to order take out from them. It is a cowboy bar and it’s still happy hour. We are in sweats and are overdressed. We have a drink..eavesdrop on some interesting conversations and head back to the park. There is no one there to pay for the site. Lenny from Winnipeg is parked near us and says someone usually comes around. He says if we give him the money, he will give it to the guy. We figure Lenny manages to stay for free by offering this service.