On September 23, Tomo picked up a load of fish feed that was bound for the Bow Habitat Fish Hatchery in Calgary. He arrived very early in the morning before light, and the road leading in was so narrow, he was afraid he was in the wrong place. He parked for while in a nearby parking lot and waited for the hatchery to open, so he could check if this was the correct site.
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| Load of fish feed |
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| fish feed |
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| Bow Habitat Fish Hatchery |
As they were unloading the feed, he asked the man in charge, what they were doing at this site. The man offered to give Tomo a tour of the facilities. A new experience for this Japanese young man who loves raw fish (as in sushi!!)
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| Hatching stage |
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| A couple days since these hatched out. |
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| Couple of weeks old |
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| The kinds of fish they raise there. |
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| Unloading the fish feed. |
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| loading dock area. |
On September 23, after getting the load off in Calgary Tomo was sent out to Oyen AB to pick up a load of alfalfa hay bound for Coolidge, Kansas.
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| loading up the alfalfa |
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| Alfalfa Stacks |
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| loading up. |
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| Full load! |
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This is a nice little pond, that resulted from all
the flooding they had this past month. This is really a farming field! |
These pictures are on Hwy 39 between Weyburn and Regina SK. This stretch of road was closed for a while because of the water but Tomo hasn't been over here for the longest time so not sure when it opened up. That's all suppose to be farm fields where you see all the water there.
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If this water doesn't go away soon, it will be come a great ice pond.
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On September 24th, Tomo took this alfalfa load down to Bismarck, North Dakota and swapped loads with another driver. His new load was bound for Allan, Saskatchewan and Colonsay, Saskatchewan and a potash mine. He delivered this load of fiberglass insulation panels. Unfortunately he has no pictures of that load.
On September 25th, Tomo spent the morning working on paper work at the border and finally got through around 12 noon.
On the way up to Allan and Colonsay, Tomo stopped by in Saskatoon. It is only about 45 min away and he decided to visit friends there for the night. Tomo was able to attend the Sunday night Gospel meeting in Saskatoon and got to see some familiar faces again. He got to see his home stay brother, Nathan there too. After the meeting, Nathan and his girlfriend, Jenna plus another young couple and Mark and another fellow and Tomo went out to have a meal/visit and that was fun.
September 26th, Tomo dropped the load at the mines. After that he was sent to Belle Plaine SK to pick up another load of Alfalfa hay and this is going to Lyons KS. He arrived at the location of to pick up the alfalfa but it was getting dark and it was out in the middle of no where!! The address Tomo was given seemed to be wrong and he ended up at the end of a rough dirt road that came to a dead end. Just as he was going to try to figure out what to do next, a truck pulled along side and asked him if he was lost. Tomo explained that he had a load of alfalfa and the address appeared to be wrong. He was looking for a certain man, and gave the name, and by golly!!! It was the name of the man driving the truck. Tomo said that he would come back in the morning for the load, but the man said, they could load it in the dark if he wanted. Tomo was surprised but very happy.
It turns out that Tomo was picking up a load of alfalfa from a Hutterite Colony in Saskatchewan.
He is currently in Fargo for the night and waiting for the plans for tomorrow. Probably another swap and back up to Canada!!
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