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People make jokes about Saskatchewan, but I was determined to appreciate the province. Given that I had time to travel off the highway, I thought I could definitely find the beauty here! The first place was the Qu'Appelle Valley.

Next thing I found was not nature, but still fun! It was Old George's Hidden Village. He had setup in the field behind the house a little wild west with old shanties from the area, and in the house was collections of old stuff.

A wee church on the side of the Qu'Appelle Valley.

Heading south to the badlands, I started to find some landscapes that were very new to me! This was big muddy, it started to rain while I was exploring, and oof, the roads sure do get slippery out here!

Not an attraction, but I had to stop to take some photos of this little shed on the side of the road :)

I made it to the grasslands national park! This park has two completely separate sections the east block and the west block. I am very much a mountains and trees person, but there was something absolutely stunning about standing in the park. With all the stillness there was still so much life and activity.

So many prairie dogs!

I didn't come at the right time for buffalo, but on my way out of the park thinking that I wasn't going to see any, this fella was grazing beside the road!

Now off to Moose Jaw! I did the tunnels of moose jaw tour, which maybe was a mistake. But I also found this cute cafe. I worked there one day and it turned into an open mic, and another night while I was leaving it happened to be the time of the parade, first one since covid.

headed to Prince Albert national park and saw more wildlife

I was passing through just as the large flooding was starting to come down, but it still was causing problems.

Alberta! I made it, I stopped by Elk Island National Park and of course this UFO landing pad in St. Paul