From Gravelbourg, we struck out west and south to hook back up with the Red coat trail which we found out is the route the mounties took in 1874 to help quell among other things the illegal whiskey trade in LETHBRIDGE. How is that for connecting the dots?
This is such an amazing part of the world. Every where you look you can just see forever. The sky goes on forever, the fields go on forever, the roads go on forever. It is easy to see why this is such a special place to so many people. 
Unfortunately for us, that pesky fourth season (road construction) got in the way and forced us north to the dreaded Trans Canada highway a little sooner than we planned. Ah well when you are given lemons, make lemonade. We stopped in Medicine Hat and I got to have my picture taken with yet another cutie. I am so lucky!
We stopped to see Linda's niece Haley. A darn smart, focused young lady who is going to do well for herself. You just wait and see. From Medicine Hat, it was on to highway 3 and Lethbridge. We battled what felt like a 50KPH headwind the whole way. That was not fun. We are hoping that tomorrow, we will lose the wind as we get closer to the rockies. For fun, check out the Lethbridge Viaduct AKA the high level bridge. It is over 1 mile long and almost 100 years old. Man, they do everything big out here. Supper at the casino next door to the hotel, catch up on the olympics (Go Canada), maybe a small rusty nail, and into bed. Tomorrow......the mountains. Stay tuned and God bless.
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