Days 11 - 15

We apologize that there are no photos attached to the next posts. We have not had good internet and I keep getting dropped while attempting to upload photos.

Days 11-12 August 27-28, 2010
We traveled from Regina to Roblin, MB today. We stayed at a nice campground overlooking the Lake of the Prairies. Or primary reason for this stop was to visit with Gordon & Doris Mensch, members of our Church that live in Langenburg, SK, but winter in Hemet. We visited them at their home on the lake. After we settled in camp, we went over to the Mensch’s. Their two daughters also came to the lake for the weekend, so we had a great visit. After dinner, we went back to camp.
On Saturday, Gordon had arranged a tour for he & Bruce, of the Potash mine where Gordon used to work. On the way to the mine, we dropped Doris & Corinne off at the Mensch’s home in Langenburg, where Corinne got a tour of their town, and also did some shopping. Bruce & Gordon continued onto the mine where we had a great and very interesting tour. We spent 3 ½ hours underground at 3200 ft below the surface. We drove approximately 15 miles to get to the spot in the mine where they were actually mining the Potash ore. I got to bring home a sample of the ore that had just been cut. This ore is over 200 million years old.
After picking up Doris & Corinne, we had lunch then headed back to the Lake House to visit more and eat dinner. On the way back, Bruce got a bonus. As we were driving through fields of wheat we passed a combine harvesting the Wheat. Gordon asked if Bruce had ever ridden in a Combine, and he said no. It was into the field, chasing after the Combine. We caught up with it and Gordon got out to arrange a ride for Bruce. It was a great ride for one lap around the field. After arriving back at the Lake house, Bruce & Gordon went up to the Garden to harvest fresh veggies for dinner. Bruce thought he had lots of toys, but he doesn’t hold a candle to Gordon. He has 10 acres at the Lake to take care of.
After Dinner an more visiting we said our good-byes to Gordon, Doris, Twyla, & Tricia. We had a great visit and look forward to seeing them all again this winter in Hemet.



Days 13-14 August 29-30, 2010
Our drive today, took us from Roblin, MB to Winnipeg, MB. As we were breaking cap, it began to rain, but not bad enough to stop us from completing our tasks and getting on the road. Our first line of business was to get fuel, our first time in Canada this trip. Diesel was just over $3.50 per gallon as close as I can figure, as there fuel is priced by the Liter. Rain was on & off for the first 1/3 of the trip. We traveled through Riding Mountain National Park enroute. It began raining again just before our arrival in Winnipeg. After we got setup and the rain quit, it got warm & Humid.
On Monday morning, we were rudely awoken by a thunder storm, and it has rained on and off most of the day. There is another Alfa Motorhome in our campground. This morning, the owner came over and told us that he was having some problems and wondered if Bruce could help. He had recently purchased the rig and had no manuals for it. He ended up spending about an hour going over different things.
We had planned to take of tour of the city, but it was raining, so just drove around until we got tired of fighting the traffic. There were several accidents and jams due to the rain. We found a store near the campground and did some grocery shopping then headed back to camp. Shortly after we returned a huge thunderstorm rolled through for a couple of hours.

Day 15 August 31, 2010
We left Winnipeg under still cloudy skies, but we could see some clearing beginning to happen. After not too long, we left the prairie and farm land and entered the land of forests and lakes. For a while, it seemed like there was another lake around each bend in the road. Some large, and some very small. We arrived at our campsite in Ignace, ON, and are parked looking at Davy Lake. We will head for Thunder Bay, ON tomorrow.