Tourism Saskatchewan correspondent Becky is ready to hit the road. She'll be using Tourism Saskatchewan's new mobile website, www.2sk.ca, to help guide her stops along the way.
Becky's sidekick Rocco (a.k.a. "rock star") will be along for the ride. He's even go his own "Saskatchewan: Easy to Draw, Hard to Spell" t-shirt!
Windscape Kite Festival in Swift Current.
Hay Bale Maze at the Windscape Kite Festival in Swift Current.
View from my hotel window in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park.
Loch Leven Lake, Cypress Hills Inerprovincial Park.
Are we there yet?
Chaplin Nature Centre. They know A LOT about birds.
Albertans, Huey, Dewey, and Louie (as the named themselves after putting on their matching Saskatchewan T-shirts) stop for some ice cream at this little hut right next to the Chaplin Nature Centre.
Living Sky Casino in Swift Current. Don't worry boss, I didn't go in, I know THAT'S not in the budget...
We still have how far to go?!?
OK, I guess I'll just soak up the sunshine get some shut eye then.
See, Mac the Moose isn't that big...he fits in the palm of my hand! Well, actually he's nearly ten meters (32 feet) tall and weighs about 9,000 kg (10 tons).
The Moose Jaw Trolley.
The Moose Jaw Visitor Information Centre.
Tunnels of Moose Jaw office.
Downtown Moose Jaw, love the old buildings.
Having some gelato from the Chocolate Moose Fudge Factory, yum!
Hopkins Dining Parlour. They say it's haunted!
Rocco prancing through Crescent Park.
The huge YMCA pool in Crescent Park.
Temple Gardens Mineral Spa geo-thermal mineral pool. I jumped in after taking this.
Enjoying a pedicure at the Sun Tree Spa in the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa...was awesome!
Feeling relaxed after my pedicure at the beautiful Sun Tree Spa.
The RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina. There are great exhibits inside that explain the Force's history and how they catch bad guys today.
The closest thing we could find to a real Mountie during our short visit.
Rocco tends to draw a crowd...he's definitely a kid-magnet.
Government House, located just a few blocks from the RCMP Heritage Centre.
The Saskatchewan Legislative Building, located right next to Wascana Park in Regina.
View from the Legislative Building.
Wascana Lake.
Rocco have a "stare-down" with some grumpy looking geese. I think the geese won this one...
A great place for ice cream in Regina. The Milky Way serves any flavour and type of ice cream you can image...the soft serve vanilla is to die for!
OK, I'm starting to see a pattern here...I seem to have a thing for ice cream. The Dairy Mart just off Hwy #1 in Indian Head also has vanilla soft serve that is to die for!
A famous Saskatchewan icon, the grain elevator...I also like the name "Sintaluta"...I think it's fun to say :)
Maybe the best welcome sign I've ever seen.
Wolseley is a beautiful little town that is full of amazing old buildings like this one. This is the Opera House.
The famous swinging bridge in Wolseley...such a pretty lake.
Wolseley Court House, Provincial Heritage Property. It is the oldest existing court building in Saskatchewan, built 1894-95.
Another pretty Wolseley scene.
The coolest Tourist Info booth I've seen, located in Grenfell. Those little grain elevators are so cute!
Grenfell Tourist Info Centre - Love it!
Broadview Museum, home of the famous Saskatchewan goat, Sgt. Bill.
Stg Bill himself (he's the goat). Stg. Bill was from Saskatchewan and fought along side Canadian soldiers in WWI. He saved lives, was wounded four times, but still came home to Canada in 1919. He died of natural causes later that year, was stuffed and can now be seen at the Broadview Museum.
Outside the Broadview Museum.
How fitting is this?!? Saw this cute Moose couple on the side of the highway just as I was coming into - you guessed it - Moosomin!
Hanging out at the hotel in Moosomin, I could tell Rocco was jealous of my awesome pedicure, so I painted his nails too. He felt the purple I chose was a little too "girly" so he opted for the more traditional fire engine red. See the video of my pedicure here: http://www.sasktourism.com/whats-happening/sask-road-trip-2010/road-trip-videos-hwy-1
The beautiful, brand new Canalta Hotel in Moosomin where we stayed. Great Internet connection, which I thoroughly appreciated : )
I didn't have time to eat here myself, but I heard from more than one reliable source that it is a great place to eat in Moosomin.
