Day 16. Lloydminster to North Battleford. May 13. 141 km.

The distances today could be either very short or very long. Th next town with accommodation was Maidstone at 55km and then it as North Battleford at 141km. Although there was a significant headwind, we choose the latter and paid for it. We spent all day pushing into the wind. By the time we pulled into the Canadian Motor Inn, we were tired and later than we had planned.

We saw lots of evidence of the economy beside the highway. There were ample numbers of livestock and many granaries and grain elevators. Add to that many well heads and sidings full off tank cars, you get the picture of a busy economy.

 

A typical siding with train forming. 

 

Farmers with big equipment do multiple tasks in one pass. 

 

Oil train in preparation.