Monday July 13, 2015

An enforced rest day. We didn’t wake up until 8:30 and although my back was much better, we decided to take an extra rest day to let it heal a little bit more. Plus the fact that neither of us is feeling 100%.

Taber is not a particularly pretty Town.  It is very industrialized with a train track running parallel to Highway 3.

I chatted to the manager of the hotel about Taber. Taber has a lot of farm related industry. It has one of the largest sugar beet processing plants in Western Canada, Frito Lays has a big factory, McCain has another factory in Town and Hostess has a processing plant. She told me that during harvest season the trucks loaded with sugar beets are often backed up to Highway 3.

There is a large Mennonite community here. In March 2015 Taber passed a By-law banning swearing in public, a curfew for anyone under the age of 16 and not allowing gatherings of more than 3 people. In checking the issue, apparently the Mennonites are not god-fearing people as you would think. In this area the young people apparently like to drink and cause a ruckus.

We had a relaxing day, in the motel room.  he manager gave us a good deal yesterday, we got a room with a kitchenette for the same price as a basic single room.