Expedition Canada

A few days late Sandbar Lake PP (Monday Sept 8th) was a lovely park and still lake, another one nighter after the previous stay at a campground which we booked in error.  The previous day's two sites were close together and had the same names, we looked at the website for one but called the other one, big mistake, it wasn't great.   We were glad to get to Sandbar Lake.  Not so glad to be woken by Jack singing at 0400 having decorated the trailer floor with output from both ends, including blood.  He was clearly not well.  The nearest 24hour emergency vets were 120km (in our direction of travel) so we woke one of them soon after 4.30am and he agreed to see us.  We ignored the one who used a 24x7 call centre, that was no help.  We left the trailer and got to the vet for about 0600, driving through thick fog the whole journey.  The vet was already there.     Jack not impressed or happy Not sure which charm school he went to (thoug...

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...