Blogs from Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada, North America

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 ... read more

Today was a busy day! We performed at Hartney, then drove onward to Sioux Valley for our second show before heading over to Minnedosa for our overnight. The Castle Bed & Breakfast hosted us. It’s a delightful family and guest home with an interesting history. Most guest rooms seem to have their own bathrooms! We had plenty of time in the afternoon to explore the house, the streets, and the community. We enjoyed dinner in town at the local diner, and bowling in the late evening.... read more

Nothing much in Minnedosa Friday, 13 July 2007 Alas, yesterday was a fairly wasted day. We would have not wanted to stay here as many days as we are doing (3), but the next hotel, in Neepawa, is full (a wedding, I think), so here we are, at least till Sunday morning. While Bob was walking Panna in the morning, I phoned the local library to see if they had internet access for the general public & they do. So I went down there, it’s about a ½ kilometre walk, and checked my email, then returned to the motel & waited with Panna while Bob went down there. It had seemed that Bob arrived here via a different route than I and I was curious to see it. He’d also driven through a large valley ... read more