We left Toronto Thursday morning on the 9am train–It was snowing.
After seeing endless amounts of suburban Toronto, we finally saw some of
the rural farming areas north of Toronto–fields with cows or horses in
the center huddling together for warmth with snow on their backs. As we
passed Lake Huron and Georgian Bay to the East we entered the so-called
‘Canadian Shield’–interminable pine woods–apparently sitting just
above lots of rocks.
We spent Thursday night in the woods passing above Lake Superior. On
Friday we awoke passing through remote clearings with a few
buildings–allegedly towns–still above Lake Superior. We spent most of
the day still looking at snowy pine trees finally making it to Winnipeg
around dinner time.
Saturday morning we woke up already in Alberta near Edmonton having
slept through the rest of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The part of
Alberta around Edmonton turned out not to look as industrial as I’d
thought. Lots of snow covered farms with small outcroppings of trees
and the occasional grouping of houses–I’ve seen just one iron donkey
pumping oil.
We made it in to Jasper last night. Today we walked around town and
then went for a short hike around one of the lakes here. Quite cold but
great views of the mountains from all different angles.
Yes, we have heard people saying "eh" but they all seem to be from
Saskatchewan–so go figure.
