Blogs from Manitoba, Canada, North America - page 3

Friday and Saturday, September 29 & 30 My room is great! Very compact, huge window, comfortable bed, warm comforter, large bench to sit on during the day, sink, and toilet/footrest which is covered up by the bed at night. Shower down the hall. Dining car is next to us. Breakfast between 6:30-8:30 on a first-come basis, three sittings each for lunch and dinner - we got the coveted middle seating of 1:00-2:00 and 7:00-8:00. Four main course choices for every meal, plus soup or salad, dessert. Activity car always has coffee, tea, fruit, crackers, cookies. Activity room has tables and a small dome section, too. It took the twenty or so hours to travel across southern Ontario with a time change the second night. We got into Manitoba Saturday morning and were able to get off ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Si pour ceux qui suive ce périple sur une carte, ce soir bon courage pour situer Powerview. je vous aide, avec une photo où il y quelques indices. Ce soir pour dormir, je ne vais pas être gêné par la circulation, je suis perdu dans la campagne des Premières Nations. Une autre photo, confirmera mes propos d'hier au sujet des filles qui ont des visages magnifiques......... Aujourd'hui j'avais l'intention de me rendre à Thompson, qui hormis Churchill la ville aux ours blancs, est la ville la plus au nord du Manitoba. Mais en calculant les kms, J'ai très vite renoncé. 800km pour aller, autant pour le retour, et par la même route. Les guides en font des éloges pour la nature. Randonnée et kayac. Pour remplacer, je croyais avoir trouvé, dans les guides, ... read more

The scenery improved as we drove into Manitoba. Trees, lakes and canola fields! Long hot day of driving. 3 more nights and we'll be home. It's been a remarkable journey. Can't wait to get home and put it all together.... read more

Today Canada celebrated 150 years (edited for accuracy! woops) and as such we went over the bay to visit the Prince of Wales Fort. This fort was originally built by the Hudson Bay Company as a means to protect their fur trade interests. Sometime around the late 1700s the French took possession of the fort, but with few resources to man the fort they quickly returned it back to the English. Not before trashing the place of course. Today there is quite a bit of reconstruction work going on as the building is crumbling in this harsh atmosphere. While on the island we tasted Inuit bread bannock (sp), which is basically an unleavened, flour-based, bread. It was very good. We also learned more about some of the research being done in the area - apparently the ... read more

Hello from Hudson Bay! Today I arrived at the Churchill Northern Science Center in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada and I wanted to check in briefly before we get on with our program tonight. I flew in this morning from Winnipeg and it was interesting to see the terrain change from heavily wooded to the tundra. At the airport we were all picked up and taken here to our dorm/classrooms/everything we will need for the next couple of days. On the way in we saw a sandhill crane (no pics sorry) as well as a lot of Canada geese - or as they say here - geese - and their babies. Had my first mosquito bite shortly after arrival, so all is going as expected. It is a spectacular facility surrounded with water, puny but pretty trees and ... read more