The Drive to Erickson

 

Not a sunny day.

Annoying Potholes

 

These potholes near the North Hill Tim Horton’s have not been repaired because of a Jurisdictional dispute.

Driving to Erickson

It’s a beautiful drive.  I wish the pics could convey it.

The smoke is from Minnedosa.

 At the end, I got to Erickson.

Fog

 Low lying fog on the first street bridge.

None on the North Hill.

Driving to Minnedosa

 On the #10 Highway.

I decided to try something different.  Instead of taking the first exit into Minnedosa, I took the third.  This involved me going through a valley, and then entering the town of Minnedosa from the North.

Taking that way, I saw skid marks.  I suppose some so-and-so wants to test out his brakes on a lonely road.

The road, as it descended into ‘dosa:

I then sought out the local Catholic Church;

St. Alphonsus.

The Drive to Neepawa

 

Highway 10 Notth.

I had a crop dusting plane fly right in front of me.  I had put my phone down..

If you closely, you can see the plane in this video:

Afterwards, the plane swooped in front of me..

Highway 16 East.

Driving to Kenton and Driving in Kenton

 As I was saying I am having a bit of a free morning.  So I can have a nice leisurely to Kenton where I am doing a fund raising shift.

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The roads are not great.  They could use some resurfacing but the view is calming, pretty, peaceful.  Coming from Brandon, there is no direct route with paved roads.  The route I took was winding and went North of Kenton before I could get near to the town.

Finally, I got there.

I then drove around.  

A dirt road.

A street in the town.

I did talk to a man from Honduras.  We agreed there was no such thing as Canadian cuisine.  The only thing he could think of was Poutine.

Highway 18 to Ninette and Killarney

 I took highway 2 and then Highway 18 to get to Killarney today.  Before I had taken highway 23.

These photos don’t do this stretch of road justice, but it was a pretty stretch of road.  It was hilly and I came upon the town of Ninette and upon Pelican Lake.  Glad I was to have decided to explore it.

Driving in the valley that contained Ninette and Pelican Lake was a soul-elevating experience.  To be able to see that valley every day must be a privilege for those who live there year round.

I again spent my time outside in Killarney.

I overheard some conversations.  The Hutterites bought some foreclosed property I heard.  Someone recently celebrated his 86th birthday.

I experienced all kinds of weather.

And I took Highway 18 on the way back to Brandon.

Driving from Killarney

 Tony drove.

Driving to Killarney

 A heavy rain had hit the area.

Another Cool Valley

 This valley is south of Moosomin.  We drove through to get to this local park.

Saskatchewan

 Jenny didn’t want to pose by the sign.

Driving there from MB, we ran into some construction: 20 KM of it.  A few instances I swerved to avoid the plastic posts separating the lane being worked on from the lane on which we could still drive.