Tuesday 23 April 2013

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Friday 19th April
Had a lay in, still waiting for reload from despatch.  Its raining, not cold though.
9am, preplan instructions came through for us to reload for Montreal.  We had to wait for confirmation.  We had wifi here so we were trying to skype the children to catch up on all the wedding plans.  Despatch sent message Highway 11 between Longlac and Northbay in Ontario was closed due to bad weather conditions, this was our route so we had to wait for further instructions.
We waited all day for weather to improve.  Our preplan had been changed to Saskatoon, still the same route.  We picked up trailer in Mississauga and made our way on Highway 11, we hit snow but kept going until it got dark.
Saturdy 20th April
We drove all day through Ontrario, landscape snow and fir trees, all the lakes were frozen, some
properties were on islands in the middle of the lake. We did have some bad weather and part of the highway was still closed so we had a detour.  Huntsville had alot of floods due to the melting snow and was under state of emergency, but we managed to get through.   We stopped at Hearst for the night just as the sun was going down.  We bought a husky dog for the truck!  maddys got a friend!
Sunday 21st April
Bright sunshine, trees laden with snow.  Highway 11 was the worst road we had been on, full of potholes etc, it shook your bones, i woke up feeling i had been in a car accident!  Through Ontario,
this was desolate, with not many places to stop, what a long day, we did find a Tim Hortons and had coffee and danish, well it was sunday! The weather turned nasty again in the afternoon, blizzard conditions.
Monday 22nd April
We drove into Winnipeg, the sky was clear but very cold.  The landscape was flat with not much to look at. We stopped for a shower and supplies.  We saw an eagle by the roadside, creamy white head and black feathers beautiful.  The land stayed flat as we travelled across Manitoba.  There was still snow on the ground and lakes were still frozen.  We hit Saskatchewan in late afternoon, kept going as load was booked in for 9pm.  Still landscape was open and bare, very cold and windy.  We got there in time and was able to drop the trailer in the yard.  We headed for nearest truck stop for the night.  The instructions for tomorrow were for us to deliver in Calgary only 5 hours away.  

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