Alberta Bound
Thursday, June 1: Weyburn, Sask. Not a whole lot to report today. About a 4 hour drive from Portage to Weyburn. We did ditch the Hwy 1 for much of the way, which meant trading for more peaceful driving, but rougher roads. We are in a lovely green municipal campground across the river from downtown Weyburn. If the town sounds familiar, it was home of W.O. Mitchell and Tommy Douglas. Today it is quite a commercial centre with endless repair shops, warehouses, service yards. The downtown looks a bit sweeter with older brick storefronts, and treed boulevards. Will take a ride in later this afternoon. After I posted yesterday from Portage, we found a very nice bike trail along the riverside with a few old stately houses marked with the history of the town founders who built them. At one point we were stopped by these goose families.... amazing... one pair had 30 goslings and the other pair had 15. Never seen that before! And a photo of the peaceful little campsite... ... and a couple of o