Day 4

Sunday 5/25/03
Brandon to Moose Jaw
Got up this morning at 7:45. We showered-shaved, etc and had a leisurely breakfast. We had French Toast and Simba, as usual chose tuna flavored Friskies for breakfast. Left the park at about 10 a.m. On the road out from the park we were in the midst of a Marathon Run. Runners were on one side of the road and we were on the other. Stopped briefly at the finish station and talked with the folks there. Traveled on Canada Hy 1 west through western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. Landscape was very flat. Dominated with grain farms growing wheat, barley, and canola. Also, several cattle ranches. Stopped at the Saskatchewan Welcome Center and talked with the lone attendant there. Stopped at a small roadside park for lunch and met a couple traveling back to Alberta from Winnipeg. Arrived at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan at 4 p.m. local (5 p.m. Appleton). We are at the Prairie Oasis RV Park here in Moose Jaw. $23.11 Canadian for full hook-up with paved pull thru sites.
265 miles today; 1148 total

Day 3

Saturday 5/24/03
Got up @ 7:30. Rained all night. Made coffee and had breakfast. Left Grand Forks at approximately 9:30. Rained on and off for most of the day. Took US 2 through Devils Lake to 281 then north to Canada. Uneventful border crossing. Stopped at the Canadian information center and they called ahead and made reservations for us at an RV park in Brandon. We then drove Canada Rt. 10 to Brandon. The park in Brandon is nice with grass parking spots. $21.80 Canadian for full hook-up. Did laundry.
265 miles today. 883 miles total

Day 2

Friday 5/23/03
After a pancake breakfast we left Brainerd at 9:30 a.m. We stopped at the Scamp factory in Backus and picked up the pillow that we had ordered.We showed Kent Eveland the modifications that we had made on the trailer (he was interested in the raised axel and the shocks). They gave us a 110v plug-in so that I could print out an insurance card as I had forgotten ours. I phoned back to our agent for the details and made up a reasonable facsimile on the computer. After filling the water tank we set out again. We stopped at a rest stop on U.S. 2 in N.W. Minnesota for an hour nap and arrived at Grand Forks, ND at about 4:30 p.m. We dry-camped again at a Wal-Mart/Sams parking lot.
214 miles today; 618 miles total

Day 1

Thursday 5/22/03
After checking, double-checking and checking again to make sure that we hadn’t forgotten anything, the three of us finally got started at 9:30 a.m. Simba thought that we were leaving too early as she wanted to sleep in some more. After only eleven miles we came to our first detour on Hy. 45 west of Appleton. We hope that this is not a bad omen.
We ate lunch at Cadott, WI. Traffic through St. Paul was real heavy as we got there just at the beginning of the rush hour. Arrived at Brainerd, MN at about 6:45 p.m. and dry-camped in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Simba didn’t seem to care as long as she had her tuna flavored Friskies.
404 miles today; 404 miles total.