Saskatoon
Travel Blogs from Saskatoon, Canada
Home Sweet Home
... out. (Generally, we take a winter holiday and come back to the snow and cold.) It was really nice to be met at the Saskatoon airport by Martin's sister, Heather, and his mother and especially since it was 12:30 am! Every one of our neighbours, too, made ...
Homeward Bound
... seemed happy to see us - and glad to be home, too! Like the rest of the country there was no snow when we arrived in Saskatoon, but it didn't take long - it dumped "Christmas snow" all the next day. I feel like we've been dropped into the middle of ...
A Day in Paris
... Ottawa along the canal but in this city you have prairie folk. I have been overwhelmed by the kindness of people from Saskatoon. Last night the cab driver was genuinely concerned for our success touring through Saskatoon. Today the host of the Lodge ...
An art filled day
... else to do. So we decided to take photos of downtown across the river. As I was taking the photos I realized something. Saskatoon tries to look like its nickname of the Paris of the Prairies. There are trees planted along the river similar to what ...
Dinner and Saskatoon
... consultant or even an author if you make a point of introducing yourself and bringing up a point of conversation. The train to Saskatoon is filled with a variety of interesting characters and they all want to share their story with the SSR writer. So ...
What to do with a bad day?
So this is my last day in Saskatoon. It has been fun, the city is beautiful, the people amazing. Last night after I posted my blog Beth and I went to the Yard for dinner. I had this amazing dinner of Beef and Cheese wrap with fries that put me out ...
Out of Here!
... as cheap a place to escape winter as it used to be, it's still their home away from home. Some have even picked up and moved completely, such as my sister's friend Peggy who sold her house in Saskatoon and all her belongings and never looked ...
Home Again
So that is it. The trip of the year over. I can't say I'm sad to be home but I still don't want to have responsibilities again. It was a great experience so thanks for reading and hopefully it was somewhat entertaining. Maybe it ...
Saskatoon
Ah, it's so nice to have family around the world so you can finally be somewhere comfy!! Saskatoon is pretty big, but there's not a lot to do in the winter so we just relaxed while we were her. We did manage to squeeze in some sledging and going to see ...
Did anyone say panic?
We are soon going to be homeless! Our renters arrive tomorrow and somehow I am taking time to write my thoughts down. I wonder how we can spend 2 months putting things away, cleaning, putting more things away, and then at the last minute ...
pictures are ready
Okay so home and back to the grind for about a week now, and wishing I was anywhere but home. Funny how that works. Ive uploaded most of the pictures to a site called " photobucket" http://s937.photobucket.com/albums/ad218/tyler_erker/ That link ...
T'was the night before take-off...
It's 10:30pm and we are all packed and ready to go. We spent the day helping Dad and Terri get the house ready to put on the real estate market later this week. I will look back at my time in the house on 12th Street fondly but I can't say I will ...
The Apple
The Apple Volume 1, Issue 1 June 8, 2003 Conspiracy Suspected in Central Utah Detour Thistle, UT - Just 14 miles from the I-15 Dean Johnston and Laynni Locke were directed on to a 104-mile detour allegedly due to a fallen transformer. ...
There's no place like home, there's no place......
We are in a very strange position of being home and yet not having a home to go to. Our home is rented until the 13th of August and so we have been staying with Jim's parents and out at the farm. The farm has been a great break from ...
Toon Town
Trick or Treat! Here I am in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The flat lands and the praries. There is snow on the ground, it's pretty much winter here now. There is a lot of explore in this city and province, especailly coming from an almost opposite setting in ...
The Mad Dash
Some last minute shopping and I still know that I forgot something. Now for some boring details to get out of the way: We leave Monday at 6 AM for Toronto, then head to Lima. We will be arriving in Lima around midnight on Monday. I ...
And leave we did
... 03. Stopping for supper, we took up at least five parking spots in the parking lot by Sobeys. Then after supper we drove to Saskatoon, finally arriving at 11pm, and stopped at a Husky truck stop to sleep over the night. I thought that we would have a ...
A Castle on the River
... 2 and went through towns with names like "Eyebrow" and "Elbow" - seriously, those are official town names. I've only seen Saskatoon in the winter before so it's really nice to see this city again 'in green'. There are lots of elm trees and the ...
Needles are a pain in the.....head and tummy.
It is 47 days until we leave and though this may not be exciting for you to read, it will provide us with memories of what we have gone through to prepare for this trip. Yesterday Jim, Sandy and Becca got shots for Hepatitis A&B (J&S) and ...
We're off to Saskatoon!
... became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories], so there you go!! (Against certain advice) We travelled to Saskatoon in the Province of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon takes it's name from the Cree [the Native Indian Plains people - perhaps ...
The important things in life....
... camp director called for an ambulance and we moved her to the nurses office on the spine board, now fully immobilised. The ride to Saskatoon in the ambulance was a bit strange. Between hope and a gut feeling I knew she'd be fine, and yet I knew ...
Oh My God ITS ALREADY JANUARY!
I leave in a week! Good thing I told all those people that we "totally had to hang out before I go!" oops, I've got WAY too much other stuff on my mind right now and that's tiring me out so much that I barely have time to relax, so I think I'm ...
South to the Sun
We hadn't planned on travelling this winter, but we've had snow (and cold!) since the beginning of November, so we decided to pick a country and head out. There's lots of ways to travel and it takes some experience before you discover your preferred ...
Leaving the Prairies
We woke up this morning to a spring blizzard! The drive to Edmonton airport was wet and slushy but we made it in one piece. Auntie Esther drove us to the airport and we were there 3 hours early, only to learn that our flight was delayed another 2 hours. ...
Saskatoon is a misleadingly cute name
... Regina?" I asked, producing my Greyhound Discovery Pass. "Sure," the man said, and wrote on one such ticket "Regina via Saskatoon". "That's funny," I thought to myself "I could have sworn the Greyhound website said I would be going via Calgary. Oh well, ...
Leaving Saskatoon !
Hello! Ok! Leaving Saskatoon doesn't have the same ring as "Leaving Las Vegas" but we don't live there! So, here we wait in John G. Diefenbaker International Airport for our departure to Calgary, our first leg of ...


