There’s more to Winnipeg than snow and ice…

24 July 2014 We’ve been bugged

Yesterday we pulled into Traveler’s RV Resort for a 1 week stay. Just a few miles outside Winnipeg. Big open sites in a relatively flat field with no open water anywhere. Light breeze with temperatures in the upper 60’s. Seems like the perfect environment for bug free outdoor relaxation.

Not going to happen – the little buggers are everywhere. Not well fed. Even close to a marsh in Ontario we had way less bugs. Winnipeg wins the skitter contest.

26 July 2014 The Loop

We took in a bit of the city today – a simple self guided walking tour of about 10k from the junction of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers through downtown and back.

 

Didn’t bring scuba equipment so no River Walk:

Just down the stairs...

 But we did get to walk the Esplanade Riel over to St Boniface Cathedral and the burial place of Louis Riel.

Nope - no idea what the yellow things are

Bit of a stretch to call it red

St Boniface Cathedral

Needs a bit of work

And since they wisely spray for the wee flying beasties in the city you can go outside without a hazmat suit. 

No welts or blood. Must be bug free.

I've always felt a kindred spirit to the Scots so I made note that there was a large influx here. Probably didn't google the winter weather first.

Made it to the famous Portage and Main intersection:

And since this was Fringe Festival week we found a plethora of food trucks on our path. Took more than pictures.

After eating we leapt back up with renewed vigor and resumed our tour. (editor's note - the preceding sentence contains at least 2 lies)

And now for the nice buildings I didn't work into the story:

Not far from the end we found the original Hudson Bay Store. 

Technically it wasn’t lost – that was us. Back on track we made our way back to the Forks Market where we started.

After much self congratulation we picked up extra sticky buns in case we ran into traffic problems.

Don’t understand why these long walks don’t have an impact on my weight.