After getting my contacts in, I filled up in Moosomin - and that worked out to 111 miles per IMPERIAL gallon. Seems that my best hope for getting 100 miles per US gallon on the way back would have been from Kenora to the SK-MB border. I had thoughts of removing the contents of the car for such an attempt, and sending them with Greyhound to the next city, but I would now pass on that idea.

The morning was uneventful. As I neared Regina, the signs indicated the main attractions. A casino was on top of the list. How disappointing that a casino is a ‘main attraction’ for a place like Regina. Casinos hurt communities and families - don’t be fooled. Anyway…

After Regina, Marie Harwood called me back with the actual town name where Corner Gas is filmed. I wasn’t too far away, and turned back and took a grid road to get there.

A quick peek at the filming site and a drive through Rouleau-Dog River was kinda interesting, although I must admit, I have never watched the show. I was told that someone on the crew drives a smart car as well, but would NEVER take their car on a grid road.

I pressed on through Moose Jaw, and then stopped at Caronport to buy a cd, and see if anything had changed since I’d last been there a few years ago. My fill up there was only 83 mpg, which confirmed for me that it would be tough to make 3.5 L/100km overall on the return leg from St Johns to Vancouver - I was really in need of some 90 mpg tanks, but a headwind was not going to allow this.

After Caronport, I made my way to Swift Current. After checking out the downtown area, I checked into a campground, and set up my tent. At 5 pm I crawled in, and there I stayed until 7 am the next morning…