Leaving Saskatoon

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We left Saskatoon on September 8th, and spent the first night in a beautiful rest area (aka “free parking”) at Minnedosa, MB. We parked beside a small lake and witnessed an awesome sunset, with several flocks of Canada Geese flying over, starting out on their trek south as well. What we didn’t realize was that they don’t bed down and take a break for the night. Several night flights came in, all with a bunch of quacking and honking, as they greeted and reminisced about their summers with old friends. There were new arrivals every hour, twenty minutes of quack, honk, quack, honk while they caught up on news, then all settled down for awhile until the next flight came in. Note to self – don’t park beside a natural breeding pond, even though tempted by great scenery.

Our next stop was at Rock Garden Campground, close to the Manitoba/Ontario boarder at Richer, MB. Our weather was still holding out (33°C!) so decided to do a bit of golfing. Found a nice course, Cottonwood GC (a bit cow-pasturie, but greens nice, though a little slow), where they only charged $1.00/hole – woo hoo! More savings. We were the only ones on the course, so took our time and played several shots over until we were perfect (ha! obviously that meant many do-overs). Our second day we golfed at a more professional course, Oakwood Golf Course, which we found much more of a challenge (hence the 51 on the front, but better 44 on the back, and Ger’s 45 front/40 back). Sweated buckets in 32°C again.

Of note to other campers/travellers – we found a camping membership called “Passport America”, where once you join for $56/year, you are able to camp at designated campgrounds/RV resorts for 50% off. Although the participating campgrounds aren’t in every city, we have saved well over our membership already.

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Photos

Minnedosa, MB
Gerry enjoying the sunset

Comments

[Billee]

Geese
So did the arrival of the geese and the subsequent chatter remind you of the arrival of the retired folks at Happy Trails?? :-)