Aleta loves her kitty

And Zeddie doesn't seem to mind Aleta, either...

Moose Jaw

For those of you not familiar with Saskatchewan, that is actually the name of a city here. (According to the Moose Jaw website, 'the name Moose Jaw comes from a Cree name for the place, moscâstani-sîpiy, meaning "a warm place by the river". The first two syllables, moscâ-, sound remarkably like "moose jaw".' http://www.moosejaw.ca/about/history.shtml

Anyway, for anyone contemplating a visit to this sunny province, I might recommend a few touristy spots in Moose Jaw.

We spent a couple of days there last week with my brother David and his wife Leslie, at the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa. http://templegardens.sk.ca/ Very relaxing!

The park across the street from the hotel has a little waterpark that Aleta could not get enough of. Water shooting out of fire hydrants and hoses, showers, spirals, and on a 35 degree day, it was a welcome break from the heat. If I was a kid, that's where I would want to be all the time. Heck, it was where I really enjoyed being anyway! It was nice to have an excuse to go in there.

Perhaps one of the most entertaining aspects of the city are the tunnel tours (really, interactive plays) that take you into some of the tunnels that crawl beneath the city. Many were built by Chinese workers who helped build the railroad. They were also used extensively by bootleggers. It is presumed that Al Capone himself came to Moose Jaw after the Valentine's Day massacre, although it seems that they lack hard evidence to prove that he was actually there. For more information see http://tunnelsofmoosejaw.com/

Prairie Sky, part three

Dale's canola crop, mid July.



This one is for you, Jody!

(prairie person stuck - er, now living, in southern Ontario)

Diefenbaker Lake

In mid-July, we attended the Baha'i Summer School at Hitchcock's Hideaway, on Diefenbaker Lake. (Diefenbaker Lake was created in about 1963-64 when the Gardiner Dam was built on the South Saskatchewan River.)

Don Rogers was the guest speaker, and we ran into him along with Louise and Marion on the ferry across the lake.



I have almost no pictures of the summer school - these days my favorite subject matter is the babe, of course. Here she is enjoying her camping experience and being in the lake and on the beach.