Day in Moose Jaw

So we took a day off - in hindsight, Moose Jaw may not have been the most inspired place to take a day off, but we needed the time.
We started the day with a wander through Crescent Park where we spent some time watching baby ducklings... lots of ducklings.. in fact, all sorts of duck families

 Crescent Park also has lots of these Elms, long lost to Ontario fields.  


The main attraction in town is Al Capone's tunnels, supposedly used for rum-running in the 20's and certainly attended by a couple of busloads of kids today, looked really really busy, even for Moose Jaw, so we passed, having a well known aversion to crowds.

The Hammond Building, built in 1912 and sadly mostly disused today, so it seems.  Wonderful terracotta stuff going on in the details.

City Hall.

Ended the day with a great dinner at Jin-Chu, an extremely unassuming Canadian Chinese restaurant right across from the hotel, where we were the only customers.  Moose Jaw has a deep historical connection with the Chinese, dating back to railroad building days, which may explain why it has at least half a dozen Chinese restaurants.  Anyway, if you are ever in Moose Jaw, go to Jin-Chu (skip the fancy restaurant across the street).

Off to Drumheller and dinosaurs tomorrow.