Visiting the Battlefords

After an abbreviated stay in Winnipeg, our tour continued with a visit to Riding Mountain National Park near Dauphin. This was located near the town of Wasagaming, a cute little tourist town on a lake at the entrance to the park. We stayed until this morning, when we decided to head back out on the road to Saskatoon and beyond.

Sunday and Monday were beautiful days. Unfortunately, our luck ended and we went through a large area of rain. We made it to North Battleford, on the other side of the rain, where the temperature is at least 10C lower at a chilly 10C (it was 21C when we came through Yorkton). It will be a cool 6C overnight. We should be in Edmonton tomorrow afternoon.

Note: I have visited Saskatchewan twice, once in 1995 and again this year. Both times while I was in the province, a tornado hit a community within a couple hundred km of my location. Today it was up near Prince Albert. Last time was further south. The odds were better last time, since it took us a while to get across on bikes. This time, we were here barely an hour. :)

Oh, while in Winnipeg, we went to a Trans Canada Trail kiosk. After some searching, we found the name "Denis DesRosiers". I wonder how many other provinces I would find that name. :D