The Maiden Voyage

Like a couple of crazy fools,

We decided to buy a Fifth Wheel.

35 years of marriage 

and

 We decide to challenge our relationship.

They say backing up a camper can make or break you...

but

 we have years of corral arguments under our belts.

Thinking we might like to try snowbirding...

We thought we should try a few trial runs around home.

Far enough away to trial

but 

not so far to be dragged back home!

We heard the Willow Bunch Golf Course was amazing,

and

Arnold loves to golf.

I figured if we got into a gun fight, 

there are a lot of places to hide a body in the Wild West!

It was a super unlevel site but we got parked and settled in record time.

This campground is all about the golf course.

This was the guy beside us!!

We didn't bring that many blocks!!

This town is known for The Willow Bunch Giant 

Here is an interesting video on Edourd Beaupre and his short life.

And since my Maiden name is Cyr 

and

Edourd had some interaction with one of my ancestors...

it also included my family's claim to fame!

The strongest man in the world...

Louis Cyr

Willow Bunch has done a great job in preserving their history through out the town!

Their museum was a Home for Sisters at one time.

These were foot prints of Edouard...

Arnold has a size 11 foot!! 

We also headed to St. Victor to check out the Petroglyphs

The Interpretative Center used to be the Cookhouse

 at

 the Animal Park in Moose Jaw

and 

was moved here in the 90's.

It was made of old telephone logs 

and

 had stamps from the Bell company still.

I do have to say no trip is uneventful with us.

Due to very poor Sask Tourism  signage,

it was a lot of extra milage to try to find this site.

Some signs were up going one way but down going the other.

I am sure St Victor residents thought we were casing the joint.

We finally found the right road.

The park was closed but we looked at what we could see.

There are also a lot of country cemeteries.

This one was even more interesting 

as

 it was closed in 1918 due to the Spanish Flu Epidemic.

And here were are in 2020 during the Covid 19 Pandemic.

An epidemic is a wide spread disease where as a Pandemic is world wide spread of the diesease.

So true that history repeats itself.

There was one burial after the closure at this cemetery 

and

 it was a nine month old baby and mother.

We also went to visit the 'new' cemetery that was created due to this closure.

It was 1 1/2 miles out of town.

I was surprised that being this was a french community,

 there were no Cyrs on the list 

and  

only one Marcotte, an infant in 1922.

I love to see how families remember and honour their family members.

A cowboy right to the end.

 A mechanic with a GMC dash

I told Arnold I want a skinny headstone.

It will be the only time I was represented as thin!

No one needs to know it's a lie!

Arnold got quite a few rounds on the golf course!

It was a beautiful course cut into the hills of Willow Bunch.

I was moral support/cart driver and ball watcher.

I think that earned me a few stops at some quilt shops down the road!!

Willow Bunch was a good first run!

And we came home still speaking to each other!!

Let the adventure continue!

Christa