Day 21 - August 25

Happy Birthday Mom!  Hope you had a great day.  Last night we slept in Swift Current, Sask.  It was raining like crazy most of the day yesterday and most of the night.  Sunday was only 9 degrees and the night was much colder.  We were quite cold when we got to bed after several rounds of rummy, but quickly warmed up and stayed warm all night.  Our campground had a terrible WIFI so nothing could be done on the computer and we were worried about the bathrooms in the morning, but they turned out better than expected.  We didn't get on the road again until about 9.  Right outside of Swift Current there was a cute young guy hitch hiking, so I turned around and picked him up.  He was a really nice kid, only 17 years old, turning 18 in 2 days.  He was from Sherbrooke, QC and had been hitchhiking and travelling for 3 mths.  He was now on his way home again.  He was 'wwoofing' his way across Canada (world wide opportunities on organic farms) which is you work for shelter and food.  He had a great time, no bad experiences so far.  We brought him as far as Moose Jaw where we stopped to visit Katie and Rob Boers and family.  We heard noise in the back yard, so went to the gate and Elisabeth was outside with another boy that Katie babysits.  She said right away 'I know those people' and just had to get at us.  So cute!  All was well there.  Nickolas is growing like a weed. They showed us their home renovations to date and we showed them our little home.  Elisabeth thought she should travel with us home, that she could easily sleep with us, but we reminded her about school starting and she reluctantly stayed.  Goodbyes are tough, but we had a nice visit.  We carried on to the air force base where Rob works and watched planes take off and land for a while.  Quite entertaining.  We then stopped in Rouleau, SA at the sight of the TV Dog River and Corner Gas show.  That was neat to see.  We drove east the rest of the day.  We saw our first fields of sunflowers and also another crop that we need some of the farmers to identify for us.  There were also tons of oil derricks in southeast Saskatchewan which was quite a surprise. We

are now in Treherne, Manitoba, close to Carmen.  We'll stop there in the morning to see Nathan VanderVeen's family greenhouse.