On our way home

We left the Wilderness Inn around 8:00 AM on our way home.

Our 1st stop was Glenboro, Manitoba. This, apparently is the home of Sara the camel. Sara is 17' tall, and weighs over 2,000 lbs. Sara was adopted into Glenboro as the mascot, to celebrate the Spirit Sands, a part of the Manitoba Desert a few kilometres to the North.

Unfazed by the size of the camel, your fearless adventurers moved in for a picture.

Back on the road on our way to Dryden, Ontario.
The next thing we see is the road sign below.

Our navigator tried to explain that there is a town called Holland in Manitoba. I agreed, but the girls in the back thought we were in Amsterdam. How the hell did we get here they said. Bob and I were too busy looking for the red light district to listen to them.

Eventually we all realized that we were in Holland Manitoba. The town was founded in 1881 by Arthur Charles Holland.
Is there a windmill in Holland you say? Of course there is.

Enough of this leisurely living, we had to be in Dryden by 4:00 PM. (cocktail hour in central time)

Off we went.

The rest of the day went from bad to worse.
A quick stop for lunch, and as we headed back to the Trans Canada, we realized it was closed at our exit. Well, we figured your fearless adventurers could find a route around the closure. After driving around the University of Manitoba 2 or 3 times, we had to ask Sam, our GPS how "to get out of town".
Sam got us back to the Trans Canada a few miles east of the trouble. For you directionally challenged folks, that's closer to Dryden.

On our way you say. Well, a few miles down the road, we hit construction which slowed us down, but then the traffic stopped completely.
We were stopped on the Trans Canada for almost 3 hours. (Sue still thinks it was closer to 8 hours)
Eventually we were on our way. We almost made it to Dryden, but a few kilometres before Dryden the traffic stopped dead again. About an hour later we were on our way again. Ten minutes later, we reached our destination.
Checked into the hotel, headed for the nearest bar for some needed libations. Our 4:00 happy hour was now 8:00.

We are hoping for better roads tomorrow as we would like to get to Marathon, Ontario.