Around and Aboot In Saskatchewan.

Here Rob and I are, tourists in our point of origin. Kinda cool actually. Perhaps we might see the place a bit differently... most likely not. Lots of big changes in individual lives but in general it's pretty much the same.

Myself and Rob have been quite busy catching up with family, friends and acquaintances for the past few weeks. Off and on: working on projects, wondering around and wandering too. And to my delight and eventual horror, eating a lot of food we haven't had for a long time.

A couple of days we went to the three Korean restaurants in town. One didn't really serve Korean food at all, it was mainly delicious Japanese food. The other two were quite good, and I have to say it was nice eating something familiar. It's amazing how fast familiarity changes. Eating Korean food was a relief from all the greasy Canadian food. Of course, all the candy I ate probably didn't help either.

Two nights ago we got dumped on with snow. There are drifts higher than entrances on doors and walls and awnings have collapsed from the weight of the snow. In my opinion it's one of the most visually stunning times of the year. The snow drifts look like frozen waves crashing against houses and cars. On the road to Regina this morning, it was really beautiful. (Which is surprising as this is usually the most boring stretch of land.) It was white in everydirection with nothing to look at except the patchy road and wooden telephone poles obscured by the snow blowing across the land. What can be seen is a lesson in linear perspective, growing smaller and smaller disappearing into the horizon. And even though we were traveling forward it didn't seem like we were getting anywhere. Rob in his wisdom said, "You can feel really alone here."

And now I've recounted the time to this present point, give or take a few facts and events. I've still got a week and a half here and hope to do a lot of things yet. One of them being taking a ride on a snow mobile, tomorrow would be a good time... I'll take lots of pictures!