Manitou Beach, Saskatoon, North Battleford, Cut Knife, Vegreville

Good day everyone! Jon and I drove to Manitou Beach first thing this afternoon. Manitou Beach is 3 times saltier than the ocean and allows swimmer to float effortlessly. Jon and I had the intention of going in the water but as we were driving by, the water looked dirty and there was white foam floating on the surface which the children at the beach were playing with. This scared us a little so we only dipped our feet in the water. We were also wearing flip flops at the time and we did notice that our flip flops felt more buoyant than normal. We also ate a smokie for lunch. There was also a dance floor that was built on top of horse hair. We couldn’t see the horsehair because carpet and hardwood floor

I drove for 45 minutes from Manitou Beach to Saskatoon. It was nice being able to drive again. We arrive in Saskatoon and dropped off a gift for Jon’s grandpa’s friend. Then we went to Pizza Hut for a second lunch. I thought that the pizza was a little sweeter than normal but Jon didn’t think so. An hour later, Jon and I felt sick. AIYAH!

As we were waiting for our pizza, I picked up a joke pamphlet. Our favourite joke from the pamphlet went as follows: “Don’t swallow these pills,” the doctor said, handing the overweight patient a bottle of pills. “Instead, spill them on the floor three times a day and pick them up one by one.”

We drove to Spadina Crescent to partake in a Ukrainian festival. It was bumping. We saw a Ukrainian pop star who was trying to get the crowd to clap their hands but to no avail. They had craft tables and a face painting station for kids. They also sold crafts too. Jon wanted perogies but were too expensive. We then walked on 2nd avenue. There were quite a few stores there as well as a shopping centre. As we were walking, we saw 3 parking ticket officers. They were out in full force today. Saskatoon was larger than we imagined. However, Saskatoon berry pies were not as abundant as the travel book made it seem.

We were going to take a picture of a big rack by Allan’s Landscaping Store but it was on the other side of the highway. We tried twice to get to that side but couldn’t. So we had no choice but to take a picture from afar.

Jon saw a porcupine but it was sleeping on the side of the road with spilt cranberry juice around it. It makes me sad but luckily, we haven’t hit anything larger than a dragonfly yet.

We drove to North Battleford to take a picture of a mountie and bison statue. The highway that we’re on had construction. So in order to slow down our car we like to roll down the windows and stick out our hand for added friction. However, when Jon stuck out his hand, he managed to hit a bug at 100km/h. There were bits of the bug still on his hand. It was quite gross but not as gross as the one I accidentally squished while taking our mountie picture. I forgot how many bugs there are in the prairies. I have at least 8 mosquito bites. Jon has at least 5.

We then drove by Cut Knife to take a picture of a big Tomahawk. We’re in Alberta now. We’ll be staying at Vegreville which has a large Easter egg. Tomorrow, we’ll be seeing Jon’s grandpa’s brother and his family for dim sum.

Have a good night!