We left Regina bright and early (well not incredibly early). Our campsite was on the east side of the city and while we drove by and read the signs last night, the driver decided to ignore the ‘road closed – local traffic only’ sign and proceed to what he thought was Moose Jaw. After a couple of kilometres on the highway, we appeared to be all alone and the driver got the sense that he’d made a poor decision. At the next available ’emergency vehicles only’ section, he did a u-turn and headed back toward Regina. Turns out this was the right decision.
As we headed toward Moose Jaw, we saw a Shell station advertising gas at $1.15 per litre and we drove on. The next available station posted $1.22, so we kept pushing on. We encountered a little road construction – seal coating – so we were limited to 60km/h for quite a stretch.
We passed though Moose Jaw and stopped to fill up with gas in Swift Current at $1.21 per litre. While not $1.15, it is still cheaper than home, so I was happy to fill up the Tundra. To give me a break, Connie took over the driving until we stopped for lunch at the Saskatchewan/Alberta border. Unfortunately, she got the bulk of the wind and the trailer was ‘a wavin’.
I hopped back into the drivers seat as we headed to Medicine Hat and on to Brooks where we stopped for gas. The wind had died down nicely and from this point on, I was able to make good time, at times pushing the speed to 110km/h.
Overall, it was a pretty uneventful day and we arrived at the campsite in Cochrane about 630pm.
Tomorrow we plan to leave early to drive to the C-Train station to park and ride the train into Calgary to the Stampede.
Mal and Connie's Cross Canada Adventure 2.0 