August 15th, 2024

Though we are taking care of our frozen fish mausoleum (as Dan has aptly named it) like a mother hen with her chicks. We had no control over last night’s loss of electricity! Many campers wandered out of their ‘house on wheels’ to figure out what happened only to discover everyone was without electricity. We heard the sirens coming down the road so we figured it was an accident of some type. We found out this morning that a transformer blew and it started a brush fire that the firemen took care of. Thank goodness we were only without power for a couple of hours. 

This morning we were up early and got the trailer to the shop by 7:30 am. We parked at the local Tim Hortons which is a New England Dunkin Donuts for the long wait. We were pleasantly surprised by the call at 9:15 letting us know everything was fixed and ready to go!! We were so excited to get our wings back and be on the road again. 

I’m always amazed at some of the equipment you see along the way on a long trip like this and today was no exception. This transport vehicle was blocking two lanes of traffic as it moved a whole house!! 

We traveled 300 miles today in mostly clear and dry conditions until we neared Winnipeg where it became cloudy and rainy. The scenery has turned much greener and more forested. It’s also noticeably more humid here. We’ve arrived at Millers Camping Resort in Portage La Prairie just west of Winnipeg where we will stay for the night. 

Somewhere along the way we also crossed another time zone!!! We are now in central time and only one hour difference from the East coast!