It was another early morning for us, this time it was for a road trip to Saskatoon for a meeting...and a side trip to Princess Auto. We went through town to grab a coffee and snack for the road and then we were on the road.
Uneventful trip to Saskatoon, then we hit the city. We though we would take the "bypass"...which is now basically right in the city. We hate driving in the city and especially in this one, which seems to have rush hour traffic all the time...going in both directions.
We finally got out to the north end of the city, then made a pit stop at Princess Auto to pick up a few things. We didn't have a lot of time to spare, so it wasn't what Marilyn likes to refer to as a "thorough" shopping trip. That requires a trip down all the aisles to see what treasures they hold. We got what we came for, then we were off to the John Deere dealer to visit with Murray, the parts man, and another of Al's farm toy buddies. Al had to pick up a gold JD 4440 that Murray had put away for him...and that was the only toy for this trip.
When we were finished with that visit, we had to drive down town for our next meeting...just as the technical school was getting out. More traffic to contend with. This meeting was with Jody Lamp and Melody Dobson, who are working with The Great American Wheat Harvest documentary.
We had a good visit with them, finding out about the documentary and all the work that is going into it. We also discussed the various funding possibilities and their tie in with this year's Harvest for Kids, which will be taking place north of Saskatoon, October 6.
After our meeting, we started back for Yorkton through the rush hour traffic, which was not as bad as we anticipated...at least leaving town. Highway 16 really needs to be twinned, there is a lot of traffic pretty much all the way, which makes night driving a real treat.
We got the call that the camper is fixed and they need us to pick it up as soon as possible...it's taking up way too much room in their small compound. But at least they got it done right away and now we can get it parked out of the way until we take our road trip at the end of the month.
But it might need to be winterized first...it's cold out there...
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