I recently got back from an epic trip around Saskatchewan. I didn’t know there were trees and lakes, well someone did tell me, but I didn’t believe them in the real way you believe in something that actually exists — like -40 degree weather, if you haven’t ever lived it, you don’t believe it exists.
But as I knew you might not believe me, I brought back proof:
It really is genuinely beautiful, and certainly worth the trip. Especially if you like hunting and fishing (or so I am told).
There were however, a few things that were of concern, like this sign:
It’s like the earth will just swallow you up and just doesn’t fill one with confidence.
It was the farthest north I have ever been in my whole life and everything looks a little different. So much so, that I persuaded the person I was with to stop the car so I could take a picture of the ground:
Who knew lichen could be lush?
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November 7, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Jenny
Hey, that looks like the church at Stanley Mission; the oldest church in Saskatchewan. I’m glad to see you survived La Ronge ;)
November 8, 2009 at 11:06 am
Sarah
As a matter of fact it is the church in Stanley Mission, though I didn’t know it was the oldest. La Ronge was fine and the surrounds are lovely. Cheers, Sarah
November 9, 2009 at 9:13 am
Jenny
I spent a summer making a display of items found in an archaeological dig of the old Stanley mission town sight behind the church. It was a fun summer job and has left me knowing random facts about that church and its environs.
November 9, 2009 at 9:22 am
Sarah
That’s brilliant! We’ll have to talk about it some time. I just know the first set of stained glass got dropped in the lake and the community used to be over there, but moved across the lake.