Is that a tree!!!!!!?!??!?! Nope just another bush........

Ok the prairies are flat long and mostly straight. If you encounter a slight bend in the road they have  a sign for that,  if you encounter a bit of a hill they have a sign for that. The one thing that I have noticed about the prairies is that the weather is super unpredictable. Most of the time you can depend on the fact  that thunderstorms are guaranteed, it just depends on how long they will last.

 Since I left off I left my friends place in Hodgeville Saskatchewan stopping in the little town of Gravelbourg where it seemed every building was made of brick and it seemed to have a very small central town area. This I discovered was nothing compared to Nokomis where my father was born. It felt as though it hadn't changed since he was born (1934). I could picture it as it was back then with the despression and the war beginning. It was a little eerie and a little awesome.

 Here is the rest of the prairies.......

Watch out for the turn!!!!

 Yup for real that's it.....

JUST KIDDING!!!! THERE IS MORE.

OK so I have had a bit of an obsession with cooking and taking pictures of my food. I won't say much about them but I am just proud of my great meals as I am camping. Enjoy and you can be jealous.


Also this campsite was a Last Mountain Lake (no Mountain in sight) was a fully high needs campsite: by that I mean they had a golf course, a swimming pool, lawn bowling and so on. How ever they didn't seem to have  host on duty the entire time I was there.

 This is the town where my aunt was born but I am afraid this day was really really rainy so I didn't' get to enjoy that town or Saskatoon.

 So I headed for Manatoba ASAP to escape the continuous thunderstorms and rain that whited out my windshield. I actually had to pull over as I couldn't see the road or the cars around me due to the rain.

As you can see though the rain did follow me to Manitoba. The cloud above me is absolutely a thunderstorm. Below I have included a shot of it as it picked up sound power :)

It seems so amazing to see where the clouds end so abruptly.

Can you see the electric light within the cloud???

 So I am getting pretty good at setting up my camp, however I learned quickly after a 5 minute soaking from a storm that I needed to angle my tarp down hill not up hill from my tent..... But NOW I am very good at setting up my campsite.

Fire master!!!

 Here I am up in Riding Mountain Park where I was hit by two thunderstorms but where I also met some great people and enjoyed a two day stint and rested from my driving. This is Clear Lake that is in the national park. There was a lot of life in this park from raccoons to hungry raccons to bisons!!!!!

Example A (please excuse my camping shoes that are very holey in the best way )

Example B

And finally

Example

C!!!!!!!!!!

Ok a little hard to tell in this photo but there is a heard there if you look closely.

 After Riding Mountain Park I seemed to be on lakes seeing sunsets on the beach until I hit toronto.

Breakfast!!!

After two nights in Riding Mountain National Park I went to Winnipeg. I stayed at the Backpackers international Hostel which was alright, friendly host named Bill and some good people were there to chat with. The place wasn't super clean or great but it worked for a night in the city.  I liked this picture to the left because it kinda is the best example of how I experienced the city, where there is neat city with awesome buildings surrounded by a slightly flooded river and debris.

 I did the classic stuff like seeing the Forks market though I found it quite Touristy and not all that fun. What I liked the most about the city was the architecture. I loved the houses and the colours. It was much like I imagine San Francisco would look like.

 Here is the the Louis Riel Promenade. Mid way across there was a restaurant but sadly it was closed so I ended up eating out at a restaurant that was once a rail way station. It was nice to have a date for myself. The picture is to follow shortly.

 Speaking of Louis Riel here is his tomb. I was pulling up to the cemetery when I realized I had actually pulled up right next to his resting place. I couldn't believe it.




RIP

This is where he is buried, the St. Bonifice Cathedral

Here is my dinner date with myself.

 In the morning I walked in Assinboine Park. Her are some pictures of the park and the fun. But I enjoyed it a lot since I am getting the feeling of being in an airplane too long and needed to get out and about. They had a large garden with statues and a kids garden that had many statues made of plants and very unique playground within it. Please feel free to look at the pictures that are part of it.

This dog wanted to jump in like nothing else

Classic day at the beach

Winnie the Pooh

Not that I was big in the first place but.....

 Finally I grabbed my Tim's snack and hit the road for Ontario!!! I am about to head to Quebec tomorrow for a couple nights so I should be able to do an Ontario post soon. :) Hope you enjoyed the catch up. Talk soon :)