Terrain is changing, and weather might be too. Looks like if we’re lucky tomorrow will see us reaching at least Edmonton. Today we droned across Manitoba and some of Saskatchewan, to land in Regina. The landscapes just west of Winnipeg offered an interesting mixture of shapes, colors and textures.
0126 Manitoba Twist
Vistas gradually changed, and some time after crossing the provincial border we saw lots of bright yellow in some of the fields.
0133 Sask Watch
Descending into Regina the city impressed us. Maybe we were expecting some desolate prairie hamlet, but it’s a pretty cool little city.
0136 Regina
We saw lots of stuff that would be right at home in Santa Barbara: health food stores, college kids, arts and culture, and a magnificent urban park (the tip of which is visible lower left). Lots of evidence that civic leaders envision a sustainable future for generations.
We briefly considered camping next to Tripp at the airport, but a new rule prohibited that. Next we were offered a great new minivan for a cruise around town and out to a campground. By the time we found dinner and reached the campground our resolve had weakened considerably, so after noting the campground is next to the highway we opted for another hotel. Along the way we had noticed this 70,000 seat stadium filled with a roaring crowd.
0078 Rough Riders Rule
Turns out this was a big game, and Regina won. People had come from miles around, so of course every hotel was booked. By now it was getting late for setting up the tent, and mosquitoes were forming into large squadrons. We finally found one room, in a hotel that’s still being built. We parked on the frontage road and lugged our stuff across an obstacle course with bugs dive bombing us to the door. I fully expected them to follow us in, but somehow they respect the lobby and our room as a sanctuary.
Now hopefully we can catch up on sleep, and bolster our courage for camping tomorrow.
John & Anne Wiley 
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