Road Trip!!

I have to admit, it was an incredibly looooong day going to Saskatchewan with Dustin to drop off some material for a house the company he works for built. 5 hours there, and then 5 hours back, and of course, in one day.
At first we thought we'd take the boys with, but then had the brain wave to ask my parents if they would take them for a sleepover the night before and the day we were traveling. They were more than happy to spend some time with their grandsons, which made the day traveling much more enjoyable for us, as well as my boys. They were super happy to hear they got to go to Oma and Opa's instead of sitting in the truck all day! (thanks again Mom and Dad!)

Driving, driving, driving

So Dustin and I left at 6:30am (yes, I was up that early! Mark it on your calendars, it doesn't happen often!) and got to Carlyle, SK just after 12:30pm. We took the #2 hwy, which I'd never been down before, and saw some really cute little towns along the way.
I had come along with the expectation of helping to unload the material (and keep my sweet hubby company) but wasn't needed when the home owner and some of his friends helped unload instead.
After dropping off the material, we went to grab some lunch. Now, Dustin is a big fan of "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives", a tv show that goes around and finds the best food at sometimes the least likely places. So we set out to find a diner style place to eat.
The first we went into was called '8Words', and it served soup and sandwiches. It was beautifully modern and trendy looking and seemed very nice. Not what we were really looking for though, so we walked across the stress to a Canadian/Chinese restaurant. It looked straight out of the 70's once we got inside. Perfect!
We sat down and the "waitress" (she was in sweatpants, and looked like she just crawled out of bed. I assume she was the waitress at least) came and took our drink order (pepsi's). She returned and threw the staws on the table (no exaggeration, she threw them) and plunked down our cans. Then Dustin told her he'd have the buffet, and I asked for a Cheeseburger. She gargled out a reply as she marched away that left us staring at each other wondering what in the world did she think I ordered ??.
Dustin double checked next time she walked by that it was just a single order for the burger and we got the same gargled response. At this point, we were just about dying laughing.
The buffet was not good (sorry, but I can't think of anything kind to say here, so I'll leave it at that) but we were lucky my burger was MASSIVE and we ended up sharing that and the HUGE pile of fries it came with (after avoiding the cultery the waitress threw onto the table too!) and it was actually a very good burger.
Dustin noticed the ketchup bottle and asked what the expiration date said. It was sometime in 2009! Now, I'm sure they just refilled the bottle over and over again because the ketchup tasted totally fine- but they should have washed the label off too. It was peeling and had grease spots where the paper was missing, and little black dots all over it that suggested mould.
I begged Dustin to take a picture of it, but he didn't.
Good thing is we walked away full, and laughing at how this place would never be on the "DDD" show!

On the way home, we stopped in Souris MB. What a cool little town! It had some amazing architecture in the old homes and museums that I absolutely fell in love with!

Peacocks walking around town in Souris

A butterfly museum. Lots of the houses looked like this too!

We had hoped to see the 'Longest Suspension Bridge' in Canada, but unfortunatley, it had been taken down when the flood waters were so high in spring. Too bad, it would have been good to walk along it to scrape the dog poo off my shoe that I stepped in along the trail to the bridge. (lol - for real!)

I rotated this picture on my computer, but it wont upload right on here. You get the point though right? This was before I got back into the truck. I was making sure I'd scuffed my feet on the pavement enough! lol!

We got home from this little road trip around 8pm (this includes getting the boys from my parents') with having put on 940kms to the truck.
It was a fun (albiet boring at times) date for Dustin and me - I'm really glad I went along!

This is what my kids got to do while we were away. MUCH more fun than sitting the back of the truck!