We made it to the Battlefords, Saskatchewan (which is what I meant yesterday - not Manitoba) last night, just after midnight local (which made the Super 8 we stayed in cheaper). Had a good night of sleep, planning to get to Fargo today - hooray for being back in the US and being able to use Hotwire!
The sun actually set and it got dark last night; first time in more than a week since that's happened. It didn't stay down long, but its a good sign we'll be getting home soon!
Not too much to report interesting wise from yesterday. Tim Hortons, a Canadian doughnut chain that's everywhere up here (second only to A&W - there's an A&W in every single town), is really, really good. We've pigged out on their Timbits (like doughnut holes only more varied), and their regular food is wonderful too. Cream of mushroom soup! NOM!
We saw more buffalo in Elk Island park outside of Edmonton yesterday; lots more babies. We also saw another coyote between Dawson Creek and Edmonton. The most exciting animal sighting was on the highway. There was a very large deer roadkill in the middle of the lanes (its actually surprising how little roadkill there is here), and it was moving. Of course, we were worried that somehow it was still alive, when suddenly a very large red fox jumped out of the carcass (away from our car) carrying the entire leg of the deer with it. The leg was almost as big as it was!
Other than that its been rather unexciting. We've been listening to CBC Canada when we can pick it up (rather like NPR), and we've got 10GB of video and about 600 photos to wade through.
A big thank you to everyone who donated to our honeymoon; you made this all possible! Tonight, Fargo, tomorrow, home!
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