Thursday, August 20, 2009

Diane's sign is up

Diane pointing to her sign she designed and painted for her friend's new store in Ponteix Saskatchewan

Diane's sign is up

Diane looking at the sign she finished for her friend's store it is fineally up and looks pretty good

Tour of Sintaluta


This is in Sintaluta where Ken's grandparents on his mother's side are buried

Indian Head Saskatchewan


Indian Head Saskatchewan is where Ken and his mother were born, they were born in the same hospital

Roulea home of Corner Gas

The sign at the gas station as you enter the town of Roulea

Corner Gas the sitcom

This is the gas station built for the sitcom Corner Gas in a small Saskatchewan town of Roulea

Tour to Indian Head Saskatchewan

This train is in a little Saskatchewan town of Avonlea where Ken's father was born it is a typical little Saskatchewan town

Tour of the protected Grasslands of Saskatchewan

Wow even in the wilds of Saskatchewan Diane can still find a bathroom

Tour of the protected Grasslands of Saskatchewan


Although there are lots of rich farm lands in Saskatchewan there is also a desert affect to it, here you can see there are catus it looks like Arizonia's Prickly Pear Catus

Tour of the protected Grasslands of Saskatchewan

In the grasslands you can see several Prairie Dog Areas, the Prairie Dogs are protected here and they are millions of them they are a bit bigger than a gofer.

Tour of Protected Grasslands

Here Ken and Diane are climbing up what is called 70 mile high, at the top you can overlook around the Saskatchewan valley near the town of Val Marie, Val Marie is noted for its many rattlesnakes and the rattlesnake pits

Tour of Protected Grasslands

Here is what is called a buffalo rubbing stone, the buffalo would rug themselves around the rock causing the ground to wear down from there feet, and rubbing themselves as they went around the rock

Tour of the protected Grasslands of Saskatchewan

This is a stable for horses, it is partly underground for when this homestead was thriving it was very hot so to keep the horses cool they built it partly underground, notice the horse collar in the distant