Day 6

Saskatoon to Moose Jaw. Makes it sound like we've actually been someplace eh? Beautiful, but flat country. Many marshlands near the highway, but some fields were obviously wetter than usual. Locals in Saskatoon said they do not remember seeing so many fields so wet so late in the year. Before we left Saskatoon we went to the Wanuskewin Cultural Interprative center about plains Indians' life style and life stories. Very well done. We grinned to see Pendleton (OR) blankets on sale at their gift shop. We had hoped to visit another neat sounding cultural museum, but it was closed because of road construction. Oh well, maybe another time.
Had to stop and see Mack the Moose in Moose Jaw. Moose are one of Janie's favorite critters, so could not pass it up. She has yet to see a real bull moose despite concerted searching on our trips to Yellowstone. We saw the same cow and calf there two years in a row. Really should see one this trip, we hope.
BIG rain and hail storm as we approached Regina. We mentioned pelting rain the other day. Not sure what the comparative or superlative forms of pelting would be, but this was. Some roads flooded and a few cars stalled out. I think they are calling for some more tonight - we will see. The Trans Canada Highway is flooded out and severely damaged in SW Saskatchewan. They were hoping for repairs by Saturday, but additional rain has hampered repair. The washout has necessitated a 200 km detour for all Hwy 1 traffic in that area.
"Judy" (the Garmin) has really been very helpful negotiating strange large cities and pretty much finding what we want when we want. Jane likes to get photos of capitol buildings when we get to state or provincial capitals. Using the GPS to get to the capitol/legislative building here in Regina made navigating a lot easier especially with some streets having water 12-16" deep!