Holiday Day 3

If you missed it here I wrote about the first day.
Here I wrote about day 2.
So if you are keeping track today of course is day 3. LOL

I left you yesterday by saying we spent the night in Rosetown. My handsome hubby has a friend that lives in that community so we tried hard to reach him, but he was working. Also I found out while I was there I have a friend that lives not far from there in fact the next day we drove right by her house. Unfortunately she was not home either. :(

So we decided to head back in the direction of home but I wanted to make a pit stop at the Great Wall of Saskatchewan, which has extra coolness of being located near a town named Smiley. I mean how cool is that. That would be so cool to be from that area. LOL
Now if any of you know anything about Saskatchewan, is that the southern part of the province is FLAT! I mean see for miles flat, so to see a great wall??? We knew we had to make that stop!! lol

So off we went, stopping in Kindersley for some French Vanilla Capp's at Tim's we took off. It was a bit difficult to find as it was poorly marked and it had rained a fair amount so the roads were not great, but eventually we arrived at our destination.

Driving up to it. No real parking so we had to turn around and park in a field entrance and walk back.

One small faded sign explaining about it. 

My handsome hubby pointing out the size of it.

They had these little place along the wall with all types of old farm equipment.

Along the walk we came across this sod house.

It always blows me away how thick the walls were and how dark it must have been in there.

My handsome hubby and I. And of course I'm sporting my awesome Ducky Dynasty gear. Love them!!

After there we started to head back to Alberta.
We got as far as Macklin and saw this as their tourist info booth. How could we not stop?? haha

So apparently the game of bunnock is a pretty big deal around these parts. Might have to go back one August long weekend and check it out.
Then right around the corner was Alberta.

I made him stop at silly things like this all the time. He's a pretty good sport about it. :)

The funny part about all of this is that shortly after we traveled into Alberta we hit road construction and were stuck beside the road for a good half hour.

 The following pics are what 3 days in a car do to us. Or it could have been the forever wait on the construction crew. hahaha

Yep we were a little nutso by this point. hahahaha Too long without kids???? lol

 Heading home. Sad for it to be over but loved the connection we regained during it.

The really weird thing is that the idea to holiday is Saskatchewan was my idea. I am a born and raised Saskatchwanite and wanted to explore more of my birth province. Typically we holiday in BC simply because we both LOVE it there, but I wanted to do something a bit different.
After this trip we started to look around at real estate there and realized what all we could get. One month later we were back looking at places. A week after that we put an offer in on a place only to have that deal fall through. 4 months after our holiday we moved into the first place we actually looked at in Saskatchewan.
I have to say I honestly love it here. I love or little piece of life that we are craving out.
So thrilled that we were led on this holiday not only for the fact it led us to this relocation, but also for ability for us to reconnect and grow closer to one another.

Day one
Day two

Holiday day 2

Part two.
Yesterday I posted about day one of our little get away.
Today is day 2.

After a rainy chilly night in Blaine Lake we headed to Rosthern and because we had picked up a site to see book in North Battleford we also knew we would like to check out Batoche.

These were neat metal sculptures of a family. Also I was using a different filter when I took this pic.

In Rosthern we checked out an old train station that they have converted for an art gallery and a small restaurant. The pics of the flowers were from their garden they had. I love flowers and decided to play around some with angles, etc. The restaurant by the way was delicious.

Loving some of the old buildings here. While in Rosthern we also checked out a cool second hand shop that was really neat and now that we live somewhat closer I am hoping to convince hubby to check it out again. LOL

This stalk of wheat was at their tourist info booth.

After Rosthern we started to head to Batoche. We had also heard about a place called Seager Wheeler Farms. It was a really neat place to visit. Although if you decide to go the parking is lousy.
However they have somewhat restored Mr Wheeler's farm and you are able to go into the houses, tour the yard and check out many of the different aspects of his farm. They also have a tiny gift shop and a pie place. We didn't buy from either. :)

Walk in closet.

One of I believe 3 homes still standing.

I am in love with cream separators. I wanted to sneak this one home with me. lol

After the farm we headed to Batoche.
Along the way we found this.

As we were driving up to it we see this.

So we pulled over up the road and walked back to take a closer look

Quite a bit slid off 

 Then we arrive at Batoche. This was well worth the crazy drive. There unfortunately is not many pics as I was feeling rough and we didn't venture too much around. But was so neat to see and I highly recommend this place as well.

After Batoche we headed towards Saskatoon. We had no real idea what to do next. We knew we wanted to eventually see the Great Wall of Saskatchewan. Yes there is such a place. LOL However we didn't know what else we would do.
Little did I know some wonderful people lived right by where we were driving and I would have loved to visit with them. Oh well hindsight right??

So we decided to journey down and spend the night in Rosetown.

That's all for today. Check in again tomorrow to see how we ended our journey. Also you don't want to miss the great wall of Saskatchewan trust me.

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Holiday

Last August my handsome hubby and I went on a mini holiday to Saskatchewan. At the time we had no idea that it would spark a move to the province a mere 4 months later.
However as I was downloading pics off of my camera yesterday I came across the trip pictures and I thought well better late than never. I will share them with you. :)

The first day when hubby arrived home from working all night we took off. We drove as far as Lloydminster with no real destination in mind. So we decided to stop at the tourist info booth and see what we could see.

That was a flop. The only real destination I had in mind was Rosthern as my Dad's family was from around that area. (I later learned they were closer to Hepburn area, but you can't win them all. LOL). I also wanted to see the Crooked Bush as I was told it was pretty neat to see. However other than that we had no real trip mapped out. We were going to fly by the seat of our pants. LOL

First stop was in North Battleford. Mostly so we could stop at the tourist info booth there and see if we would have any better luck. We did actually. We even managed to get a Saskatchewan map and a really good destinations to see book.

At the tourist info booth

This buffalo was made entirely of barb wire. So cool!!

I grew up only about an hour and a half away from North Battleford and didn't even know this guy was there. (Neither did my parents. :))

We decided for giggles we would each take $20 and head to the casino.

This is our earnings. hahahaha

After North Battleford we headed to the Crooked Bush.

It was so cool and yet so freaky at the same time. I honestly didn't feel comfy in there.

Then we headed to towards Rosthern. We made it as far as Blaine Lake before my handsome hubby was done travelling for the day. So we set up camp.
While he slept I played with the camera. LOL

After he woke up we toured the town of Blaine Lake.

This was such a cool stook of wheat. Made out of metal.

This winds up day 1.
Come visit for more tomorrow.

Day one
Day two
Day three