I was in the Regina area this past week for work. I had some instrument repairs at our site near Rouleau, SK.

This time I lucked out with the weather, temperatures were hovering around 1 degree C and on the Tuesday there was very little wind. The week before they had -20 temperatures.

I had to make a stop at the post office in Wilcox, SK. I had never been to Wilcox, not quite what I’d imagined. Wilcox is home to Notre Dame College, home of the Junior A hockey Hounds. Notre Dame is a Catholic residential and coeducational College founded by Father James Athol Murray. The town is made up of primarily the college buildings, residences and arena.

Notre Dame is most famous for it’s hockey program alumni, many of which have gone on to long, productive NHL careers. The Toronto Maple Leafs Hound line of Wendel Clark, Russ Courtnall and Gary Leeman are all alumni. Current alumni include the Maple Leafs Keith Aulie and current NHLer’s Brad Richards, Vincent Lecavalier and Jordan Eberle.

Some barns along Highway 6 towards Regina.

I stopped to take a picture of these two trees that were standing on their own. Not often you see trees on the prairies unless they are near a house.