We
decided to break the trip to Winnipeg into 2 days as the 400+ miles pushes our
comfort level a bit. It was a good idea
as it gave us time to stop at 2 casinos!
We had an inexpensive breakfast buffet at the first one.
The
RV park in Grand Forks had only electric hookups as they just opened for the
season and it is still freezing at night.
Luckily we still had enough water in the rig. By the time we got here it was time for HH
and a great dinner that used up leftovers and dying veggies.
May 5th – Sun – to Winnipeg
I
put remaining veggies on the side of the fridge that can be opened with the
slides in so we could reach them if customs didn’t want them coming into
Canada. Not one question was asked about
produce and we sailed through with no problems.
There was an odd “pre-check” at customs which we asked about when the
regular customs guy finished with us. It
was an export check by the US and required 5 armed officers to ask questions or
observe.
We
sucked up a lot of diesel fighting a head wind yesterday & today. The Red River was very high and in some spots
flooded fields on both sides of the highway and filled the center gulley
between north & southbound lanes. We
checked into Travellers RV before noon and again have only electricity as the
water & sewer are frozen. But it
still costs $33 plus tax per night.
We
set up and I made breakfast for lunch before we called Brad & Clare who
were on our street in Mesa. We called
them a couple of days ago and Clare immediately invited us for dinner. We ran a couple of errands – propane, bank –
before heading to their house where we sat outside for HH and even ate
outside. When it cooled off we moved
inside but Terry faded quite soon and we came back after making plans to golf
tomorrow.
May 6th – Mon
We
had coffee and a light breakfast before Brad & Clare arrived at 10 to take
us sightseeing and then golfing. We went
to The Forks which is downtown where the Assiniboine & Red Rivers converge. We walked around the area, took pictures and
then went to a BBQ place for a good lunch.
We were early for a 1:45 tee time and were able to tee off at 1:30. The golf course just opened Saturday and had
some scruffy greens and some muddy spots but wasn’t too bad. We walked the 18 hole course and all of us
ran out of steam so we skipped holes 15 & 16 which was easy due to the
layout of the course.
We
stopped at a liquor store on the way back to Brad & Clare’s house where
Clare had chili in the crock pot for dinner.
Of course we had to relax for a bit with a drink – mostly waters! –
after the tough golf game. About 8 we
figured it was time for them to take us back & get the clubs packed back
into the rig.
We
had a marvelous time here with our new friends and we were all happy that the
weather cooperated by being nice for 2 days.
It is supposed to be cooler tomorrow.
A
weld on our step broke a short while ago and Terry bought some braces to fix it
so he decided to do so tonight. I ended
up out there with him holding the flashlight and we got it fixed.
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