raeraerawr / Raelyn

Amo l’Italia! Amo la pasta! Sono allergico al frumento.. ma voglio andare tuttavia! ADESSO!

Well I’ve kinda on a ‘entry writing’ high today hah Hmmw well the only reason I’ve been here is kuz that is where my bf is living right now haha :P Uhmm it was fun :D lol had some crazy times. Def, wanna go back to see him soon AHH!! I MISS HIM!!

Well I have lived here my whole life.. yes it’s true your dog can run away and 2 days later you can see him running kuz the land is that flat.. jk In all honest you can’t just go to Regina or Saskatoon and say that you have been to Saskatchewan.. No.. you must go and actually live it!!! I’ll show you what I mean:

1. First of Saskatchewan has hills… no seriously I’m not shitting you.. it does!!
   In fact Saskatchewan’s Cypress Hills area is the highest point of land between Labrador and the Rockies. It’s the only part of the province that wasn’t carved out or flattened by glaciers, and you’ll find a kind of beauty that’s nowhere else! Rolling sage-green and sage-scented hills, dark pine forests, cliffs and buttes that end abruptly with breathtaking views across ranch land & while your taking a hike for days and camp to the serenade of coyotes at night.
2. The Lakes. Okay like what a couple 100.. Nope try more like 100,000 of them! The northern two-thirds of the province is more lakes than land with a popular resort, beach and fly-in fishing area. Lake Athabasca, in the northwest of the province, is as big as some of the Great Lakes, and has one of two of Saskatchewan’s otherworldly-looking areas of desert and sand dunes. This area is absolutely beautiful! But even the southern prairie area is studded with lakes with sandy beaches, campgrounds and cottage areas.
3. The largest urban park in North America. Is it New York’s Central Park? Pah! It’s puny compared to Wascana Park in none other than Regina, SK. This park in the city that I live in covers 2,300 acres (compared to Central Park’s 843 acres). It’s got jogging paths, fountains, flower gardens, kayaks and dragon boats. It was built in true prairie style—the hard way, as a make-work project in the Depression. Every inch of the 300 acres of lake was shovelled out by hand and every blade of grass and tree were hand-planted. Last year, the lake was dug deeper in preparation for August’s Canada Games and the 2006 Canadian canoe and kayak championships. It has a wonderful place to eat out over the water!
4. In all honest, there is nothing more beautiful and vibrating than a Saskatchewan thunderstorm. See one and you will understand the beauty of this nautre!
5. Like golfing?? More per capita than anywhere else in the world. The whole world! Of course, Saskatchewan has the per capita thing down.. like way down! But still, the province boasts 250 golf courses, some of them stunning and world-class. But here’s the best part: even at the fanciest one on the busiest holiday weekend, you won’t pay more than $40 a round. ONLY 40 DOLLARS A ROUND!!
6. What?? We have Pelicans?? No one is really sure why. In the late ‘70s these large, exotic birds started settling down in Saskatoon for the summer. Saskatoon is known as the city of seven bridges and it has a gracious area downtown along the river. Visit the weir near the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) Bridge for a view of the extraordinary pelicans, some of the largest birds in North America, with wingspans as wide as three metres. They are Amazing!
7. Now while still in the north part for relaxing spas and mineral springs. While Manitou Lake is comparable in its mineral content to the Dead Sea or the spas at Carlsbad, Germany. The resort at Manitou Lake, while newly expanded and with some suites with in-room whirlpools, is nothing fancy—sort of sub-Holiday Inn. Still, people come from around the world for its healing properties.
   - On the day we were there, we met a man who had had two heart attacks and three strokes and been given only months to live—four years ago, before he started going to Manitou.
   - So how salty is it the water? You can rinsed your bathing suit out after being in the pool, but the next morning, when you take it off the shower rail, it’ll remain folded over, stiffened into a sculpture.. And down south Moose Jaw is over a thermal fault that produces water so hot they have to cool it before they put it in the pool. Its mineral content has been compared to that at Bath, England. Temple Gardens Mineral Spa, in Moose Jaw, is a little more refined in its accommodations, but it’s no Ritz Carlton either. While the spa and indoor pool area is clean and bright, the real appeal is outside. You can swim out into the outdoor area, on the fourth floor of the hotel, and luxuriate in the steaming waters under the stars or even winter skies, eye level with the treetops. Around the corner and up the street, a new day spa called Sahara Spa is an unexpected bit of Bali on the prairie, with refinished hardwood floors in a former train station, oversized exotic furniture and sybaritic treatments administered by barefoot estheticians in Indonesian silk outfits. The trademarked JAMU therapies, with aromatic oils, are also used at Bellagio in Las Vegas and the chic Canyon Ranch spas in the States.