Brandon MB to Dryden ON Walmart. Yes, back in Ontario tonight. Still Central Daylight Time though.

Picture by Grade 9 class artist

We decided to try to get to Dryden today. It seemed a long way but we drove steadily with several breaks, and made it ok. 

It started out as a damp morning, with some rain overnight. Several other campers stayed overnight here at the Brandon Walmart, a nice quiet night until the garbage trucks started about 5am:

Oh yes, there were large fireworks somewhere nearby too, about 11 pm. 

 

After slipping away a little after 7am, we slid through Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and all of a sudden were in Ontario: 

A nice new 4-lane section of road welcomed us to Ontario. Quite soon though, it reverted to a hilly curvy drive with just 2 lanes of good pavement. Quite an improvement from years ago around here though.

We had been thinking of stopping in Kenora and taking a short boat ride tour, but until next week that tour only operates on weekends. Since this weekend is likely to be quite busy everywhere, we decided we'd continue heading for home. 

We did stop in to Kenora along the way though. With the hwy 17 bypass you need to turn off the main hwy to get into town. Maybe someday we'll come to Kenora for a week or two and explore Lake of the Woods by boat.

The tourist info place is on the edge of town:

 They had a pretty nifty-looking canoe on display:

 The canoe is a mosaic made from glass and mirror pieces. 

 

Inside, artistic pieces were on display, made by a 9th grade class:

There were also some 3D displays of natural objects:

 

Outside, the centre backs on to a beautiful blue lake, blue today under the blue blue sky anyway:

One of those giant chairs

Boaters having some fun on the water

A barge delivering an excavator, likely to an island property

Giving some idea of the number of lakes around here