Another extremely early start and while we have seen this part of the highway, it is now dark and so who is to know. The sun does come up sometime and reveals more trees! Lawrie spots a bull moose and cow, but they aren’t close enough for the picture to be worth including. These tree pictures are nice though?
We are saying goodbye to Ontario and hello to Manitoba by 11ish. There are still lots of trees, but now there aren’t so many rocks and it really gets pretty flat. Oh ya, it is the prairie again! Hard to forget what that looks like!
You will remember that we stayed at Bird’s Hill Provincial Park if you carefully studied and made notes on our blog in May. We really liked staying there then and so plan the same for this return trip. The Canadian Mint and the Children’s Museum are the two sightseeing things we are planning to do during this time in Winnipeg. We arrive in Winnipeg so early that the Mint is easily done on the way to the park. It is well worth a visit. All the Canadian coins you use on a daily basis are struck here. The commemorative coins are struck in Ottawa. This mint also produces coinage for over 60 other countries. A good money making venture I’d say … and the pun is intended! Surprisingly we aren’t allowed to take pictures inside so you will have to be content with these exterior shots.
When we arrive at the park the same attendant that signed us in the last time was still there. It was nice to be remembered too! There were a gazillion high bush cranberries so we took the opportunity to bag enough for the winter supply of concentrate. It was incredibly easy and fast; perhaps an hours work compared to four at home. Then we have the most amazingly good dinner at the restaurant located in the park before we call an end to another very long day.