We both awoke early after a nice long sleep. Extremely quiet here but a little chilly overnight with the morning temperature being below 10°C. We made a quick exit from the campground and drove to one of the trailheads so that we could go for an early morning sunrise walk to look at some indigenous stone carvings for which the park is named. We also heard a pack of coyotes across the valley yipping and howling to each other, beautiful.

Although a cross-country route to our destination was proposed by Google maps, we chose a slightly longer route that ensured a supply of fuel. This routed us North towards Medicine Hat where we would join the Trans-Canada Highway yet again. However, before getting to the TCH we made a small detour to the Red Rock Coulee Natural Area to see the odd collection of naturally formed large red rock boulders that occur in this single location. It might also be a future boondocking location as it is quite remote with no visible neighbors and a good sized gravel parking area. It would be a wonderful dark-skies camping location.

The TCH today (Saturday) was relatively quiet with very few trucks thereby making the driving very easy and stress-free. We stopped at Gull Lake, SK for fuel and lunch at a small Bar & Grill in town. Simple food made well for a reasonable price.

From Gull Lake we headed South and East towards the Eastern side of Grasslands National Park. We saw many Pronghorn Antelope along the way and miles and miles of straight roads across the fertile South Saskatchewan landscape. It really is a very beautiful place with the light and shadows dancing across the grassy hills.

At about 4:15pm we pulled into Rock Creek Campground and setup for the night. We have an electrical site (30A) with a water tap nearby. There is no cellular coverage here and so we setup our Starlink Mini to provide us with ample internet bandwidth for the night.

A quiet dinner watching the sunset across the grasslands and then a wonderful night time sky filled with stars. What could be better than this?

Tomorrow we head into Manitoba in search of a free nights stay in Winkler.