Saturday, July 4, 2009 – Day 65 – American Independence Day
When we were in Whitehorse, we had met Bill and Carol from Battleford, Saskatchewan. They had told us about a number of things that we could do while in the Battleford area. We turned off the the Yellowhead Highway into Battleford and drove to the area around the Fort which is now a National Historic Site. It looked like a really interesting area that we would like to explore, but we just weren’t up geared-up for another museum. At this stage of the trip we are looking forward to a little down time. This has been a long trip and we both agreed that we are “touristed-out.” 
We continued through Saskatoon where we had originally decided to stop but changed our plans and went on to Yorkton, SK. Once again we pulled in late and we were lucky to get the last electrical and water serviced site. We spoke with the owners of the City Campground for some time. Cody and Brenda Denton, had purchased the campground a couple of years after Cody retired, so that it would give him something to do. He is quite an ingenious guy. Since none of the sites were originally built with sewer service he wanted a better way for the seasonal campers to get rid of their waste. Under normal circumstances the RV’er would have to dump their holding tanks into a portable, wheeled tote and then wheel the tote to the dump station and empty the tote. Then repeat this until the holding tanks have been emptied. Cody’s invention comes to the campsite via an ATV, pumps out the holding tanks and then disappears. Cody’s problem after that! For casual weekend campers or travellers like ourselves, he’s developed an idiot proof dump station…no more pulling the wrong valve; no misses and no messes. We were actually the first people to give it the real world test. We didn’t clog it and it was finished in minutes!! Really good ideas.
After dinner we went to fuel the truck, and as we were leaving we saw the couple next door, taking their tent down and getting ready to setup a tent trailer. We’d thought it strange, that they had not used the tent trailer immediately. We drove around Yorkton for a little while and then returned to the campsite to find the same couple working on their tent trailer. We found out that they were from Humboldt, SK and they had just purchased the pre-owned, tent trailer from a lady in Prince Albert, SK. Seems like the lady was no lady at all; but more like a shady lady. The trailer had been set up when he arrived to buy it and he checked it for leaks, the stove, wheels, etc. She then showed him how to collapse it. Unfortunately; she didn’t show him how to get it up, probably because it wouldn’t go up. This was their dilemma. We tried helping them but it appeared as if the cable that raises the tent trailer roof had broken in an inaccessible place and the whole rear of the trailer would have to be dismantled. Not a job to be started at 08:30 PM. As we disappeared into our trailer they were getting ready to setup their tent once again. This was a classic case of Buyer Beware.
Tomorrow we are headed for Riding Mountain National Park for a couple of nights before we make the final push for Stephenfield.
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