We left Fargo early Tuesday morning headed to Canada up 29. We had no issues at the border, they just wanted to know if we had alcohol and could not believe we did not own a firearm. It took us all of about 5 minutes. Here is a picture of the border crossing.

Border_crossing

We proceeded North through the province of Manitoba through Winnipeg and on to the province of Saskatchewan. Once we hit Winnipeg we picked up the Yellow Head Route which is named after a yellow haired explorer.. This route will take us all the way to the Alaskan Highway, outpost 0.

We stayed Tuesday night in a small town called Yorkton where we had our first bad experience with Thor when we tried to go out and leave him alone in the room. The clerk had given us a suggestion for a good steak place and she had to call the restaurant to have us come back as Thor was disturbing the hotel by barking with out stop. He was really upset and they thought he sounded like a rottweiller. We ended up with take out again. Guess we will just have to find ways to take him with us or settle for take out for the remainder of the trip. Scott stopped and bought us a 12 pack of Labatts for $25 Canadian (about $22 US) and we thought is was going to be expensive in Alasksa! We really needed to relax after the long drive and almost being thrown out of the hotel. We both slept really well.

Today we started off not knowing what time it was. The motel clock had one time, my laptop had another and my watch another. It looks like Canada does not switch to daylight savings time so we were in Central time but an hour earlier than we thought?! This was good as I let Scott sleep in a bit while I caught up on some of my class. Once we started, about 8:30 am, we set out for Saskatoon and points Northwest.

People say it has been raining in this area for the last two months, so our rainy day was to be expected. When we stopped for gas at a small gas station about an hour away we heard that many of the farmers are struggling. They grow Canola in this area and over the last four years they have either had drought or flooding. Many are just giving up.

We drove today in the rain most of the day, but it is now blue skies. We just passed Saskatoon and are planning on staying in Lloydminster which is on the border of Saskatchewan and Alberta.

More later…S&S