The Praires and their Infinate Flatness

Hi there!
The ol' buick made it through the Prairies! We had a minor detour around Winnipeg thanks to me not knowing my own city. After an enthusiastic sing-a-long to Don't stop believin', we were on our way. Just west of Brandon we made a funflower pitstop, and did a bit of a photoshoot frolicing in the cheery yellow field. An hour or so later we made it to our first border crossing- Saskatchewan: "Naturally!".What can we say about Saskatchewan? As you probably know, not much. We'll sum it up with flat flat flat. The flattest thing I've (Amanda) ever seen! It defies imagination- how can fields just go on and on and on-- for sooo long? I was also impressed by the abundance of grain elevators, abandoned houses, combines, and wheat.

Stopped for a quick lunch in the small town of Wolseley. Temp was around 10 degrees, and we carried on. We didn't make any stops in Regina, but we did pull over in Moose Jaw for some juice, where Amanda saw a cowboy (handlebar mustache and all:).
We saw the epitomy of prairie livin just outside of Moose Jaw. A young fella of about 12 herding cattle through a field with a shotgun and his dog in tow. On we drove.

Driving for what felt like ages through nothing but fields, and almost no sign of human life, we drove through the big city of Swift Current and took a risk....
NOTE- not the readers digest version...parents read at your own risk.
We spotted a hitchhiker- (dun dun dunnnn).... and his pup!!! We went with our gut a some trust and had Cody and Jade join us our 2 hour journey to Medicine Hat. Cody the 21 yr old from Hamilton was a character and told us many tales about hitchiking/train hopping to BC, this being his 8th time. We now know which train cars are suitable for hopping and which are not, and how the conductor changes work along the CN line.

After dropping Cody and Jade at the Value Village in Medicine Hat we made our way to our couch surfing destination- Tim and Blaire's! Tim and Blair were some of the most wonderful couch surfing hosts we could have hoped for. They waited up for us even though we didn't get in till 8:00, and had a lovely dinner together, and a quick tutorial on "So you think you can dance". We had a great time getting cuddles from Kaya the retriever, and their 2 kittens, Mi and Fa- also- best sleep ever :) Thanks so much guys!