Winnipeg to Saskatoon

There are so many ways to feel blessed on this trip.  The fun of seeing new places, meeting interesting people and just resting.

Our trip from Winnipeg to Saskatoon was Saturday morning until the wee hours of Sunday morning.  The train was about a half day longer than they anticipated.  We had to stop for all freight trains because they take priority of the tracks. Evidently that includes weekends in Canada.

We arrived in Saskatoon around 2:30 a.m. and caught a cab to our hotel.  The Evangelical Free Church is only a few miles from here so we went there for worship this week.  It was very interesting.  We spent the noon and some afternoon with a few elders from their church at an out of the way Chinese restaurant.  It was such a blessing to meet such sweet people.

We went to the Saskatoon Berry Barn later in the day and had dinner there.  I'm pretty sure that we didn't really have warm saskatoon berry pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it.  They are such an unusual berry I wish I could have shipped some home!  All pictures the past few days are on our phones so I will have to catch up a little bit later.

Today we are headed to downtown Saskatoon to a couple of museums and the heritage center along the river front.  We have changed a few of our travel plans due to the undependable hours of the train so we're driving to Edmonton tomorrow for five hours rather than ride the train for twelve.  It adds some independence to our travels to have our own vehicle.