A few days in Manitoba

Manitoba is a province bordered by Ontario on the east, Saskatchewan on the west, and North Dakota and Minnesota on the south. Much of the wilderness is protected by 80 provincial parks. The population is 1.3 million people and the capital is Winnipeg.
Y'all probably knew all that information but did you know the provincial flower is the Pasqueflower?
Of course the provincial animal is the bison and bird is the great grey owl.

Enough of this boring information and let's see some pictures.

We met Wayne and Marcella at their place early in the morning. Well, early was 11:00 AM and we had to wake Marcella up at that time.
With Marcella finally awake, and at the wheel of the van, we went to Pelican Lake.
There was to be a sail boat race that day and of course we entered.

Despite Marcella sleeping in, we arrived in time only to discover the race was cancelled.
As you can see below Captain Bob was quite disappointed as was the whole team.
Wayne threatened to boycott the race next year, but we explained that the rest of the team would not be here next year, so Wayne seemed to calm down after that.
And to think we were the favourites to capture the "Pelican Lake Sailboat Race" and the big trophy.

After such a disappointment we went up to Brandon to check out the mall. A "scrumptious" lunch at Timmies, and the girls headed shopping. The boys looked for a bar. No bars in the Brandon Mall. It was almost as annoying as the cancelled sailboat race at Pelican Lake.
The only purchases were made by Sue and it seemed Captain Bob was impressed by all her purchases.

Time to go to dinner. There is wonderful steakhouse right at the Canada/USA border.
We hope it is a wonderful steakhouse, because the first impression is the place is a dump.
We crossed into the USA and about 50 feet along we were at the steakhouse.

The food actually was excellent, in direct contrast to the decor of the place.
The ribeye steak was cooked to perfection.
You can see the happy faces of the customers leaving the joint.
I don't know who these folks are, but they sure looked happy.

Another 50 feet north and we were back in Canada.
On our way back we decided to hit the Killarney Hotel and Pub. Another upscale establishment in Killarney.
They had a bud light tap at the front of the bar. Most of us ordered a bud light draft.
We were informed they don't have draft at this pub. Oh well, bud light bottles will have to do.
Lots of slot machines to play here but we managed to keep Sue from playing by promising another game of "pass the ace" tonight.

Most of your fearless adventurers are pictured below waiting for Joe to carry all the drinks to the table.
He struggled with all the drinks but did make it.

We went back to the Wilderness Inn for some drinks and a couple of games of "pass the ace" or as Bonnie told her sister Jacquie, we played "pass the ass'. That's quite a difference.

Another exciting day tomorrow is promised for our last day in Manitoba.