Last day on the road.
Today was a very early start 5:30am, with the sun coming over the oil fields and the gas flares, it was a fantastic sunrise. A few pickups headed out at 6:30, the town was very quite too. Slept well with the window open and the cool fresh prairie air blowing the window.
Things always look better in the morning, as does Coleville, SK
Drill Pipe delivered by rail to Kindersley, SK
After a very brief restaurant stop in Kindersley it was off to CFS Alsack, on the Sask and Alberta, which I crossed so I can say for this trip I was in all three of the Prairie Provinces.
What is unique with CFS Alsack, the radar dome is in place and intact.
The support base is on the other side of the highway, so the Dome Site was fenced in, and also there was no second dome for the height finder radar. I am getting to know these bases and there operations. What also is they were deigned all the same, from the guard house to the church, same blueprints were used in each location.
Maintenance Building
Guard House
Residences
Old Church CFS Alsask, SK
After Alsack I have a 3 1/2 hour drive back to Saskatoon, but one more stop in Biggar, SK, asit is always bigger in Biggar.
It has seen better days, sorry to see it fall apart, this once grand station on the main line of CN
A land owner has preserved this 100 year old original residence, this was a one room home built by the early settlers in the area just south of Biggar.
Well that raps up the road trip, drove 2,354km in 5 days, saw a lot, and most of it unbelievable too. There will be one last posting once I get home and copy over some of the shots from the Nikon. Which after 4 years have finely got the exposure settings to work.
This is the view out of my Hotel Room facing North East with the Saskatchewan River
What a perfect vacation
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