Good day everyone! Jon and I woke up to several mosquito bites. UGH! Anyways, we drove to Neepawa, the Lily Capital, and stopped by the gas station to buy a calling card. Our previous calling card ran out of money because we would use it on pay phones. So we bought a “Cin Cin” one and used the gas station’s pay phone. We were calling Alberta from Manitoba. I guess they charge more for calling different provinces while using the pay phone because we talked no more than 10 minutes and we only had a $1.50 left on a $5 calling card. It would have been cheaper to use our cell phones.
Anyways, we drove up to Riding Mountain National Park to see a herd of bison. We first drove to Wasagaming to visit their tourist centre. There were little stores along the main road as well as a nice beach. We drove about 60km to get to the Bison Enclosure. The enclosure was fenced off and as we approached, there was a sign that told us to stay in our cars because the bison are wild animals. We drove to the Bison Exhibit. Jon was afraid to leave the car because he wasn’t sure if bison were there.
We were quite lucky because as we were driving to the bison site, the bison were near the road and were about to cross it. We parked so close to the bison that we could hear the bison grunt, burp and possible fart. We weren’t quite sure what the noises were. One bison even crossed right in front of our car.
We took a nap in the parking lot in Wasagaming then went on our way to Russel. We thought that there would be a large bear but instead we found a large, quite disturbing bull. It looked like it has mad cow disease.
As we were driving, we were listening to Mariah Carey’s cd. For those who don’t know, she can sign 5 octaves. Jon bet me one dollar that he can sing 5 octaves too. Of course, I knew he was up to no good but I wanted to see what he would do. He then proceeded, in a baritone voice, to sing “fiveeeee octavesss”. Ha ha. He’s so silly. I still owe him $1.
We have crossed into Saskatchewan. We visited Churchbridge where we saw the loonie for Canada’s 125th anniversary. The designer of the image lived in Churchbridge. We then drove to Esterhazy to take a picture of Potage Pete. He wasn’t as big as we thought he would be. Then we drove to Yorkton to get dinner.
It was our first time going to Wendy’s. I ordered a Jr Cheeseburger, baked potato with sour cream and chives and root beer. Jon ordered chicken nuggets, fries and coke. Jon didn’t mind his food. I thought it was okay too but when I lifted the lid of my potato, there wasn’t any sour cream. All I got was a potato. It was not appetizing. The only way I could eat it was to imagine it was a PEI potato. It could have been from PEI because Wendy looks like Anne of Green Gables. Ha ha.
We are staying in Watson where there is a big Santa. We’ll be going to Saskatoon tomorrow. Good night!
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