We crossed the prairies and western Canada in about 5 days and as we crossed the country we passed through many weather systems; cool, hot, sunny, cloudy and stormy often all in one day. We encountered a lot of rain in the prairies and saw standing water in the fields, the effects of a wetter than average spring. We passed through the town of Maple Creek near the border of Saskatchewan and Alberta during the worst of the downpours and saw rivers flooding their banks. I glimpsed a woman standing in the rain beside her car contemplating the swirling flood waters that separated her from her home. As we later learned portions of the Trans Canada highway were closed behind us, and some remain closed even today, a week later.
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