Saskatchewan land of the living skys

Monday morning came [13th April 2009]and my thoughts were on the interview i had arranged for 2 pm Tuesday afternoon in Saskatoon, the whole reason we were here in Canada, to secure a position as a long haul truck driver. We made our way out of Regina and onto high way 11 and headed north, the scenery had not changed much just rolling prairies dotted with frozen lakes and small villages, and these usually had a grain elevator, as grain [wheat]was the main crop in this region. As we only had 259km to do today we would be in good time to look around Saskatoon when we arrived, if we did at all, because unlike British roads you sometimes come across real strange loads being pulled with tractor units , we saw a couple of seed drills being towed along the high way straddling two lanes and also cultivators too i suppose going to farmers ready for seeding later in April or may when the ground had lost the frost.

The lake above was just one of many we saw from the Louise Riel Trail which is high way 11 and as we neared Saskatoon we pulled into a services to fill up and get something to eat and take a picture or two and of course i didn't notice the Big Freight systems Kenworth in the background until after, another big transportation company that takes drivers from overseas based near Winnipeg MB

We jumped back in the car for the short drive to Saskatoon, there were more trees now and also more houses with acreage

here are some facts about Saskatchewan that you may not know

The Saskatchewan population is around 1.1 million

The capital city is Regina with a population of around 200,000 but the largest city is Saskatoon with 250,000

The word Saskatchewan originate from the Indian word Kisiskatchewan which means the river that flows swiftly

Half the province is covered by farmland one third by trees and one-eighth by fresh water

Saskatchewan produces 54% of wheat grown in Canada

and as well as oil and gas it is the worlds chief source of uranium and potash and has one of the worlds largest Kimberlite fields

Saskatoon is the sunniest city in Canada with clear blue skies nearly all year, hence the name on the sign



Well we had arrived with plenty of time to kill as we headed round circle drive
onto Idylwyld drive, the traffic was quite busy for Canada so we just went with the flow our hotel was just off there