Hours on the Road: 7
Aaron made our first camping breakfast. It had been peanut butter on bread up until now for breakfast so it was a nice change.
Big tepee in Medicine Hat
What a difference in scenery two hours makes. I think we've arrived in Saskatchewan.
Our journey to the prairies began today. First stop: Moose Jaw! We did the two Tunnels of Moose Jaw. The first was Passage to Fortune, which showed what happened to some Chinese after the CPR was finished. Since they couldn't move back home, some came to Moose Jaw where they worked and lived underground (cheaper rent and to avoid the racist community above). We didn't realize these tours were led by actors and that we had to get involved. Aaron and I were the only two on the tour. We had to pretend to be Coolies (Chinese) and were yelled at so we could get the full experience of how they were treated. By the end of the tour we were scared of our guide, "Ms. Dawson". She yelled in my face a few times and Aaron got some of her spit in his face.
The weather in Moose Jaw when we arrived.
Pictures weren't allowed during the tour.
The Chicago Connection tour was... interesting. This was based on Al Capone and bootlegers during the American prohibition in Moose Jaw (became known as "Little Chicago"). The actress in the Passage tour would also act as a tour guide, offer facts and answer questions, but the Chicago Connection just had (as Aaron put it) overly dramatic, high school-like actors. We preferred the sudden thunder shower over the screechy "Ms. Fanny".
Weather after the tour.
We drove away from the rain and grabbed a campsite at Buffalo Pound Lake and enjoyed our last "fancy meal" before we switch over to hot dogs, canned beans, and mac and cheese... the really good stuff! All Aaron can say about the campsite is that it gave off a Billy Bob Thorton in "U-Turn" vibe. I'm not sure what he meant by it since I've never seen the movie, but I got a weird feeling from it based on the two peacocks that hung around. It didn't help that their calls sounded like they were yelling, "HELP! HELP!"
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