Kenora to Brandon

A beautiful day for a ride, 24 to 32 degrees and sun.  As the speed limit on much of Highway 1 in Manitoba is 110 kilometres an hour it doesn't take much time to whip by the endless fields on either side of the road.  The wind however can be an issue as it can push you around in your lane.  The advantage of my Beemer is that it is extremely well designed and holds its line very well.

I discovered this interesting dispenser outside of a gas station along the highway in Manitoba. Live Bait, minnows and leeches, cost just $4.00 a container.

Before stopping for lunch in Portage La Prairie, I stopped to visit the Fort La Reine Museum on the outskirts of that city.  There are many buildings that have been moved there from other communities in the region. Each is full of antiques, books and photographs.  In addition to the museum's own excellent collection there were also two very interesting special exhibitions, one on caribou from Quebec, and a second on the life of Anne Frank on loan from The Netherlands.

This is one of the oldest houses that has been resettled on the museum's grounds

An icebox, like the one sunk in Lake of Bays?

And what housewife would not have wanted one of these modern clothes washing tubs

You could interrupt the daily chores to take a call on your new phone

In the huge Allis-Chalmers building a great collection of tractors and other farm implements including this 1934 Model "U"

A steel-wheeled 1937 Model "U"

A 1926 Model 18-30.

This is the traders cabin in the fort.

An orthodox church that was moved and completely refurbished by members of the local Ukrainian community.

A classroom with tables and seats just like the ones in the first school I attended in Coniston, Ontario

The inside of the grocery store with shelves full of packaged goods.

I arrived at my motel in Brandon around 5:00 and went out for dinner at a Chinese buffet restaurant a few doors away.

Tomorrow it's on to Moose Jaw and I hope you can be there to see what surprise awaits me there.