We met up with My sister Kristine and family and my parents in the hotel breakfast area and enjoyed a crazy breakfast with about 20 others. You gotta love the free breakfasts at the hotels... But the trick is to get there before everyone else...
The drive to the Hoodoos from Drumheller took about 10 minutes. The kids enjoyed hiking up the strangely shaped rock formations. There are some nice paths you can follow so you don't damage the area.
After about an hour, we said goodbye to my Kristine, Ron, Maya, Kyla, Jaxon and Ashlyn and went back into Drumheller to meet up with my parents at the Largest Dinosaur so we could head out East together.
First stop was in the town of Hanna. We had lunch and got Hannah's picture with the town sign. It was fun walking to the sign just off the highway as the grasshoppers we jumping right out of our way! Did you know that the band Nickleback started off in Hanna, AB? The sign says so, so it must be true! We ate at a lovely place called Nick's cafe. Mom and Kerri went to the video slots with $5 each. After about 10 minutes, they came back to the table. Kerri had $16.10 and mom had $30! Dad was impressed! Lunch was great!
The drive through Saskatchewan was pretty steady. I have to be corny and say this, it was pretty flat! The fields of canola were beautiful and we all loved seeing the old homesteads as we drove to Yorkton.
A couple of funny signs we saw near the construction, Zipper Merge and Squeeze Right. Never seen those before and it made me chuckle wondering what drivers have to squeeze on their right and is a zipper merge better than a snap merge?
We drove through Saskatoon, and the construction on the roads and the lack of good signage made us drive right thought and not try to check out anything. It was frustrating.
We stopped for gas in a place called Clavet and decided to stop for supper. Dinner was great and the Clavet Cafe was a nice place to stop. For 6 of us to eat, it was just under $60! And we had a lot to eat!
We went through the small community of Leslie, SK to see where Kerri's grandpa Snyder was born. There were no more than 10 buildings, and that is counting sheds!
We pulled into Yorkton at 9pm. We hadn't booked a hotel so took a chance that we would get a room. The first hotel we went to was booked up, but the next hotel had room. It was the Howard Johnson and the cost? $104! And that included 2 free breakfasts!
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