Day 8

Wednesday – Today we left the campsite a little before 8:00am which is considered early by camper’s standards. We drove to Saskatoon and found a hot spot at a Flying J truck stop where we were able to check our email and post for the last two days.




















We didn’t take many pictures today. Much the same as yesterday. It did change a little about 50 miles before we got to Alberta. I guess the gas price is high enough that it pays to drill new natural gas wells. They are drilling lots of them. Because of this the locals are telling us jobs are plentiful and housing is nonexistent. A clerk at a 7/11 store gets $15@hour. The workers on the oil fields start at $40@hour. Real estate has doubled in the last two years and if you can find a one bedroom basement apartment it will cost you $950.
we encountered a strong head wind today so strong that we only got 200 mile out of 29 gallon of gas. At least it wasn’t a cross wind. I don’t think we could have continued.
We drove to Edmonton and even to the West Edmonton Mall and decided we didn’t loss anything there and continued on. It was the first time I seen a mall with parking garages around two sides. From there we continued west on 16 and then north on 43 and stopped at a campsite in Sangudo,AB

Ice Cream shop at campsite

Some shots of the landscape.