Grasslands National Park
I was living in the South East Saskatchewan oilfield and decided to take a trip to my first national park, back in 2012. About 1.5 hrs West, the oil formation ends, and old-fashioned Saskatchewan begins. The pumpjacks stop and the endless seas of canola fields start. In the South-Central you'll find entire towns abandoned or having a lone family living there.
Most people find the idea of Saskatchewan or the oilfield in general boring. I had a coworker who's family lived in Alberta that would travel there every other weekend. He'd say "such a boring drive". I quite liked the landscape of the oilfield. To me I'd describe the mostly flat scenery as "powerful". The same way I felt when I first laid eyes on the ocean in 2015 after years of wanting to see it. I also really wanted to live in Nunavut. I saw a common theme and said to myself that I like the vast, open, mostly barren landscapes as it's a reflection of my soul... not whole a lot there.
There's buffalo in the park, but I never saw any.
Sitting on this hill at dusk looking towards Montana, I could hear dozens and dozens of coyote's howling, despite binoculars, I couldn't see a single one,
The badlands made me think of Mars.
Prickly pear
The only wildlife I saw on the 2-day trip
At night it gets really windy, something to do with the sharp temperature drop. As soon as the sun comes out, the wind dies down.
Pumpjack tax