Northern & Mid-Saskatchewan

After leaving Regina we headed north to Prince Albert National Park.
There we rented cabins which were quite cool, one was more modern than the other but they would be great to hire for a week or so for your holidays.
Our first full day in the park we decided to get out, stretch the legs and do some trails. We picked the Spruce Glacier Trail as although it was only 8kms they said it was strenuous and had great views. It was also extremely muddy in some sections due to recent rain, one time we had to walk across the swamp on a fallen tree. But they were right is had great views and it was really peaceful, but yes quite strenuous.
In the afternoon we did a short 2km trail called Mud Creek. That turned out to be the most eventful as when we were nearing the end, Craig being driven mad by mosquitos, a black bear jumped out of the trail in front of us. Craig thought it was a cub and that it's mother would be close by so we backed up. It looked straight at us and ran off fast. It was probably more scared than we were. All of this happened in seconds so no time for a photo but great memories!!
After leaving Prince Albert the next day we headed back to Saskatoon. Dropped our bags at the Train Station - discovering our train was going to be about 7 hours late due to a fatality (someone playing chicken with the train) outside Toronto - and headed into the town centre.
We walked along the river and booked tickets for some evening culture - Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan. We saw the 8pm performance of Two Gentleman of Verona and it was really entertaining.
Afterwards we headed to the station to begin our LONG wait. The train was due to depart at 1.30am. We slept at the station which can only be described as a hut in the middle of nowhere, although it did have a water fountain and a toilet but that was it. We slept on the benches and the train turned up at 9.30am. An hour and a half after it was due to arrive in Edmonton. But one bonus we saw our last train leg by day instead of at night they also gave us a free pancake breakfast with a side of ham steak and lots of maple syrup which satisfied Craig and all was forgiven.
Now we are in Alberta's Capital Edmonton.