Saskatchewan Prairies

This morning we were ready to leave at 8:30 a.m., and we walked around to touch base with everyone. Wes and Jenske assured us that we are not alone and if necessary they could come back to get us and we could stay with them. We don’t expect to need to call on their generosity, but it’s great to know we have such good friends. We traveled to Regina, passing fields of wheat, canola, and lavender--and then more fields.

We got to Village RV early and arranged for the vent installation, then unhitched and joined our friends at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Heritage Center and Academy. The museum is modern and well designed. We learned about the history of the Mounties, their forensic techniques, and their goal of "Safe Homes, Safe Communities."

The moose-mountie greeted us at the entrance to the museum.

Then we went to the Government House and joined the last tour of the day. The building houses the offices of the contemporary lieutenant governor of the province, and the museum recreates the setting of the original lieutenant governor's home and offices from circa 1900. Our guide was cheerful and informative and pointed out the original pieces that had been salvaged for display (the remainder were period pieces or reproductions).

We had to leave the tour to go pick up Venture, with a brand new refrigerator vent. Then we headed east to our campground at Moosomin and rejoined our friends.

We had to jockey a bit to get into our pull-out space at Fieldstone Campground (a small loop off the road, but blocked for us by a large tree at the entrance), and wait for the rain and hail to abate, but once we were set up, our space was nice--wooded and private. The campground was very dark at night.

We still have to deal with the damaged mounts for our solar panels. Greg Holder of AM Solar recommended that we not try to bend the mounts back, since that would weaken the metal. We will have some issues with trying to get the parts sent out to us, since we won't be staying at a commercial campground next week, but at the Airshow grounds.