South to North Battleford
We were really tired when we left after listening to barking dogs, people partying and a noisy generator. I had another nice walk along the lakefront with Lucy before we left. I am getting a lot of walking in.
We left around 9am and made our way east. It was really smokey. At one point, we took one side road where the pavement was extremely rough and decided to find somewhere to turn around. Thank you Mr. Farmer! Just enough turning room taking up his whole driveway, the road and the dry crossing across the road but we did it. Then we got on a better road to North Battleford.
We decided to “boondock” at Walmart and pulled in along the edge of the parking lot. Next thing we knew, a huge motorhome pulled in three feet from us, put out the slides and made themselves at home. Thanks much! The whole parking lot to choose from and they decided we looked safe to park next to. Little did they know Psycho Santa drove this rig! Haha!
I tried to take Lucy for a walk along the green area but found a dead gopher and tons of garbage and decided it might not be the best place to walk a little dog. Who knows what killed that gopher.
I had really wanted to visit Batoche on the way down and Fort Battleford but we decided to skip them. There was just too much smoke. Our throats were scratchy and Lucy had a sneezing fit. Smoke still there in the morning. I am very disappointed but have seen both before. I am sure I will find something to make up for it. 🙂
I was surprised but Walmart filled up in the evening with rigs of all descriptions, even cars and vans, that stayed overnight. It was really quiet except for our neighbour’s generator. We got solar panels so we wouldn’t have to listen to a noisy generator and it is kind of irksome. Oh well.
Too funny to see trucks pulling trailers and boats or cars behind. Even motorhomes pulling travel trailers! Only in Alberta and Saskatchewan. You can see the smoke in the pic with the truck, trailer and boat.
