Day 52 August 26 Glowing Embers RV park, Edmonton, AB to Pike Lake Provincial Park Saskatoon, SK

We have had an amazing day with lots of great scenery...different than the mountains, but beautiful in its own way.  We had decided to stay at a provincial park because we like the feel of trees, grass, and water, and we found the perfect place.... Pike Lake just south of Saskatoon, SK.  Don and Barb had introduced us to Saskatoon berries and here we found ourselves in the middle of the mother load.   On the way to the park, we kept passing Ukrainian museums, festivals, homes, and churches.   Here is an example of one such structure.

In the Saskatoon booklet we picked up at the ever helpful information centers, Karen had read about The Berry Barn.   This one is one of the many berry farms in the area, but the only one with a restaurant...featuring, you guessed it, Saskatoon berries (they look and taste like a large blueberry).  We had borscht, not surprising given the Ukrainian population, waffles with chicken and gravy, a BLT, and a Saskatoon berry cobbler for desert.   Who could ask for anything more!

As everywhere we have traveled in Canada, the flowers and hanging flower baskets are spectacular, although not all are guarded by a fierce dog.   John almost woke him taking this picture.

 We thought we were looking in a mirror for a moment.

 Our Drive