Day 28, Mon. June 23, Carnduff, 96 km.

James sent us off with a hearty breakfast and directions for following the detour through town. Soon we were on the highway going east. The topography is a little different now with gulleys with bushes, and roadside sloughs with various kinds of blackbirds. The traffic is quite heavy with many trucks ferrying huge pieces of equipment. There was a sense of something happening here in southern Sask. Sure enough, later in the day, we spoke with a young man who had just finished a shift digging for oil - his crew was working on its 20th job, working 24 hours a day and taking about 5 days to go down about 1400 meters for the oil.
There were no towns of note until Oxbow, where we had lunch. Just before Oxbow there was a downhill symbol (for trucks) and we were pleased to go down into the coulee and up out again....felt like home!
The campground is very basic but does have a shower!