The Battlefords

Day 12 starts out windy. Windy enough to wake me at 5:30AM and to get me out of bed shortly after to take down the van's pop-top. I wasn't sure what was going to happen and after hearing of all the tornadoes in the US mid-west, I wasn't taking any chances. However, by the time I was finished breakfast the wind had died and it was a beautiful day.


The upside was that I was on the road by 7:30AM - the earliest start yet on this trip. That allowed me to reach North Battleford by early afternoon, so I decided to visit the Western Development Museum that I had visited on a previous trip west, many years ago. I spent several hours there and took a fre pictures. Right is a shot of a tractor I liked.


Here's a shot of part of a tractor wheel. I liked its colour and texture. I know...borrrrrrring!!!

That night I stayed at the Eling-Kramer campground in Battleford. It's a city run campground, but wasn't too bad - fairly busy, but quiet and right next door to the Fort Battleford National Historic Site, that I had planned to visit the next day.