RV = Repair Vehicle

We called Village RV in Regina this morning, and they agreed to replace our refrigerator vent at 1 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, so we went on to Swift Current, Saskatchewan, today.

On our way out of the Hoodoo RV Resort and Campground, we stopped at one of the two dump stations, both of which had a length of sewer hose permanently attached. Fortunately the bayonet fitting was the right type to hook on to our sewer hose. Ken had to wait for a woman to finish washing dishes at the “Dishwashing Station” (a double sink) before he could hook up to the water to flush our tank, an arrangement which seemed strange to us. Other than that, the campground was very nice, with large sites and very friendly staff.

The trip across the Alberta and Saskatchewan prairies behind Tom and Nanci provided lots of opportunities to view wheat and canola fields and some cattle, but not much else. TransCanada Highway 1 is the way to go for fast but rather boring travel. We’ll have 150 miles to drive to Regina tomorrow, so it will be a short trip to get our repairs.

We called AM Solar to get their advice about how to deal with the bent mounts for our solar panels. They asked us to send digital photos, something we could easily have done on the fly with our Verizon modem, but we’ve been warned not to try to use it in Canada, so we waited until we got to the campground.

We’re staying at Trails Campground in Swift Current. It’s a smaller place, but pleasant enough, except that the group was split up into three and two, with Evans and Johnsons in the back row and Rowes, Simingtons, and us in the front row. The group decided to go on to Whitewood, which is halfway to Winnipeg. It’s two hours past Regina, so we’ll get our repairs done and then probably catch up with them, unless it takes way longer than we currently expect to get the refrigerator vent put in.