Expedition Canada

Ontario Begins The Rural Municipality of Taché - Manitoba  If our journey across Alberta, Saskatchewan and a large part of Manitoba was defined by long flat straight roads, we saw a completely different landscape in the last part of Manitoba and into Ontario. Our last stop in Manitoba, before crossing the longitudinal half-way point across Canada, was Birds Hill Provincial Park just North East of Winnipeg.  So far all of the Provincial and National Parks have been great stays, well laid out, largely quiet camping spots with good facilities.  We liked our stops in Manitoba and we joked about driving roads that had bends, hills and trees. Birds Hill was huge.  Home to the annual Winnipeg Folk Festival , which was being set up as we left. Scrolling through the list of performers I recognized only one - Bruce Cockburn.   We've got to know some Canadian folk singers, favourite so far is Stan Rogers (me) and The Janzen Boys (Fred).  Tipped off by a good...

No Moose in Moose Jaw And we would be hard-pressed to have heard an echo in Echo Valley, our second and final stop in Saskatchewan before crossing into Manitoba.  We did see a grazing moose at the side of the road as we headed to Regina (the capital of Saskatchewan) and an ex-moose on the other carriageway, awaiting the arrival of a digger (which we also passed on route) to cart it off.   The animal count improves.  We have seen our second Black Bear (on the final part of the drive to Riding Mountain), a badger (we could not slow down quick enough to get a picture), Franklin's Ground Squirrels and Pelicans (both Echo Lake), a Ruffed Grouse (first spotted by Jack - he knows his game birds) and Tree Swallows.  The km count climbs and as of Riding Mtn we are just over 4,000.   The drive on Sat June 21st from Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park  in Alberta  (Elkwater campsite) to Moose Jaw  in Saskatchewan  (Peanut Hills campsite) had us...