We spent most of yesterday driving through the endless prairies of Alberta and Saskatchewan in the rain and cold (about 6°C). We were going to visit, and possibly stay the night, in Calgary but it was raining so hard we just passed it by. We heard the next morning that it had snowed in Calgary later that night. We are glad we missed it.

This was pretty much all we saw ALL DAY LONG...

After staying the night in Medicine Hat (a very pleasant town with pop of about 60,000) we continued another day of driving through the prairies. Mostly the same scenery as yesterday, with the addition of a few more buildings...

It was warmer than yesterday (got up to 11°C) and tomorrow the temperature is predicted to rise back to the late twenties. Thankfully no rain. We did stop off at a couple of small town farmers markets which put kiwi efforts to shame. Amazing produce, crafts and home-baked goods (which we did sample). Cabbages the size of basketballs!