Saturday, August 22, 2015

2015-08-20 Winnipeg West KOA, in St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba

When I last wrote on 8/9, we were packing up to leave Cochrane, AB on Friday, 8/10. We have continued to move east, and are now just west of Winnipeg, MB. Here is a Google Map that shows our drive from Florida to here.

Screenshot (25). I found it interesting that Google only allows you to use points A through J to show your route on a map. I will have to figure out how to display the rest of the circle back to Florida. It may require more than one map.

 

After leaving Cochrane, AB, we moved to Drumheller, AB 2015-08-10 Atlas Coal Mine in Alberta Badlands, north and east of Calgary in order to see dinosaur bones and Canadian Badlands. There are statues of dinosaurs all over town, including these at the visitor center. 2015-08-10 Drumheller Visitor Center.  We visited a great museum, The Royal Tyrell Museum, which is full of dinosaur bone and skeletons. 2015-08-11 Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, AB. Driving around, we saw the Atlas Coal Mine 2015-08-10 Atlas Coal Mine in Alberta Badlands, and hoodoos in the badlands. 2015-08-10 Hoodoos in Alberta Badlands2015-08-10 Hoodoos in Alberta Badlands.

 

We left Drumheller on the 12th, spent one night in Maple Creek, SK, and arrived in White City, SK on the 13th, just outside of Regina, SK. In Regina, on the 14th, we toured the Capitol of Saskatchewan. 2015-08-14 SK Capitol in Regina. Note that the dome is being reconstructed. We also went to the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, which is their natural history museum. 2015-08-14 Royal SK Museum in Regina.  We had Marilyn’s birthday lunch at The Willows, across the lake from the Capitol. 2015-08-14 Birthday Lunch at The Willow, Regina, SK. One of the best museums in Regina is The Depot, where all Royal Canadian Mounted Police receive their 6 months basic training. DSC032072015-08-15 RCMP Heritage Museum, Regina, SK. In addition to seeing the normal artifacts in a museum, we were all given a golf cart tour of the grounds, and a re-enactment of the meeting between the RCMP and Sitting Bull. 2015-08-15 RCMP Heritage Museum, Regina, SK2015-08-15 RCMP Heritage Museum, Regina, SK2015-08-15 RCMP Heritage Museum, Regina, SK.

 

We left Regina behind us on the 16th, and with one night on the road move to St. Francois Xavier, MB. On our way east toward Winnipeg we saw a field that, from a distance, looked like they were growing thousands of marshmallows. As we drew near, they turned out to be round bales of hay covered in white plastic. We have ended up staying at the Winnipeg West KOA. Besides being a nice park, the price was very close to that of nearby parks. On Tuesday the 18th, we toured the Manitoba Provincial Capitol 2015-08-18 Legislative Building, Winnipeg, MB2015-08-18 Legislative Building, Winnipeg, MB2015-08-18 Legislative Building, Winnipeg, MB with its Bison mascot. We also toured the Royal Canadian Mint at Winnipeg. The loon 2015-08-18 Loon, Symbol on Toonie at Mint ended up on the Canadian Dollar Coin because the original die disappeared on its way to Winnipeg.  Wednesday, the 19th was our 48th wedding anniversary, so we opted to not do any sightseeing. We did go to Safeway for steak, shrimp and sparkling wine to celebrate with. Today, the 20th we drove to Steinbach, MB to see the Mennonite Heritage Village. Those settling in Manitoba came from Russia in the early 1900s. The museum has gathered buildings and farm equipment dating to their early days in Manitoba. 2015-08-20 Mennonite Heritage Village, Steinbach, MB2015-08-20 Mennonite Heritage Village, Steinbach, MB. We were surprised to find that they even have a section of the Berlin Wall. 2015-08-20 Mennonite Heritage Village, Steinbach, MB2015-08-20 Mennonite Heritage Village, Steinbach, MB.

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