Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Davey's Lake to Riding Mountain NP Manitoba

Away this am at 6:40 CDT, 19C. We expected some windshield damage this trip, but not yet! We picked up a small chip about 50 km east of Dryden. We got to the Manitoba border at 10:30, 24C with some drizzle.

About 12:30 we stopped at Boyd’s glass to get the stone chip repaired, as it’s deep enough it could spread later on. By 1:50 we were stopped at a Flying J for fuel and a Denny’s lunch stop. There was lots of road construction yesterday and today.

It’s still quite windy today, but it sounds like we avoided several tornadoes that went through the area yesterday. I talked to a fellow gassing up his wind-damaged motorhome. The frame was twisted so the slideout was stuck with about 8 inches protruding. He said the insurance company will likely want to write off the whole RV.

We stopped along #16 for an hour or so, so I could have a nap, and then almost stopped for the night at Minnedosa Park. We changed our minds though, and quickly got our money back. It was a crummy muddy park, for local weekenders I guess.

Then we convinced ourselves to go on to Riding Mountain Natl park, even though we were both ready to stop. This turned out well, as we enjoyed that park. Camped by 6:40 CDT. An unserviced site was $28, as we still have an active Discovery pass. Rain overnight.

Route today:



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