Reaching Manitoba

From Caliper Lake, I decided I could make it to the Winnipeg area. The Birds Hill provincial campground looked like a possible place to stop - just north of the city.

When entering Manitoba I realized I could get off the Trans-Canada onto a more scenic route by first heading north through Whiteshell Provincial Park and then west. When I inquired at the Whiteshell park gate about the roads, the lady at the gate said, skeptically, that the roads were very rough. When I asked how rough, she said very rough and gave me the “look”. I decided to go that way anyway. There was only one point where a huge bump threw everything off my dash – coffee mug, water bottle, GPS, and cell phone. The greater concern I realized with that route occurred to me after I drove over 40 Km. without seeing another car – what if Morris broke down?

Anyway, I finally got to Birds Hill OK. I didn’t have high hopes about staying at a campground so close to such a big city, but it turned out that Birds Hill is very nice. My campsite was a bit wet, but given the rain we’d had the past week, that was understandable. Camping was half the price of Ontario and the showers and toilets were clean. Since it was the weekend, the place was busy, but still quiet – a good stop for one night. I’m beginning to feel a time crunch and have to keep moving.

Still no pictures. Next post will have some, I promise.