Xyre » manitoba http://www.xyre.org Ancient writings, current events, and my other whims Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:01:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en Road Trip Update: Winnipeg http://www.xyre.org/2008/07/12/road-trip-update-winnipeg/ http://www.xyre.org/2008/07/12/road-trip-update-winnipeg/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:52:39 +0000 scazon http://www.xyre.org/?p=214 The weather today was pretty awful all nine hours of the way from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg. I managed to avoid all six independent tornado warnings for the area, but in exchange it was pretty much constant rain and hail. Also, Ontario goes on forever. I thought I was done with Ontario as of Thunder Bay, but Ontario simply just won’t stop. (However, to relieve the monotony, I saw a mommy moose with her kiddie moose by the side of the road this morning. That was special.) But finally Ontario did stop, and the highway turned into a proper divided highway rather than the two-lane undivided 90 kph limit road with the twists and turns that it had been for the last several days. What a relief. Once I finally got to town, also, the weather turned nice and pleasant and I took a marvellous walk downtown to The Forks. (Remember to visit the full photo gallery.)

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Three interesting markers were passed today: that I was entering the Central Time Zone, that I was passing the exact longitudinal centre of Canada (just outside of Winnipeg), and that I had entered the Arctic Watershed—the other continental divide, past which every river flows north into the Arctic Ocean.

Next stop: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. I hope there is a moose jaw!

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