Oh Canada, part two, Manitoba. 1 - September.

It's the first of September.  Where has the summer gone?  It seems like only yesterday we were packing the RV and heading to all points south and east.  We camped the night at Bemidji, Minnesota KOA.  I'm still not sure how to pronounce the town's name (Bay-may-ji-ga-maug).  Early to rise again and it's off to North Dakota, a brief stop for lunch and then head back to Manitoba and continue our trip on the Trans-Canadian highway.

It's amazing how the surroundings have changed.  Our trip through Ontario the scenery was distinctive, lots of evergreens, rivers, lakes.  It looked different from our trip so far in the US.  Now that we're in Minnesota, it's different again from Canada.  We've entered lake country, after all Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes.  The land is flat.  We're about to enter the great planes of the US and southern Canada.

 

We cross the border and it's off to Winnipeg Manitoba

 

 

 

 

Typical views on the plains for hundreds and hundreds of miles.

 

We're approaching Winnipeg, Manitoba and check the GPS for points of interest in the area.  We find we are close to the ruins of a Trappist Monastery.  We decide to stop and stretch our legs. We find Our Lady of the Prairies.  It's a beautiful afternoon and the ruins are interesting.

 

 

 

 

The Abbey of Our Lady of the Prairies

 

After the visit to the abbey it's into Winnipeg and exploration of the city.

 

 

Manitoba Legislative Building

 

Bears in the park at the Legislative Building, "Bears on Broadway"

 

Winnipeg Human Rights Museum

 

Ruins of the Cathedrale de Saint Boniface

 

 

Union Station Winnipeg - there's a railroad museum inside

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

The main waiting room - under reconstruction

 

Why of course - we stop at any railroad museum

 

 

We love steam engines of any age

 

 

Inside the diesel

 

 

We're packed and ready to go

 

We have our ticket, all aboard.

 

Well, that's it for now.  We're ready to pack up and head west.  The next post will take us to Regina, Saskatchewan and on across the great plains.  Thanks for continuing to follow us.