Weekly Travel

Weekly Travel

We had some interesting stays along the way besides the arenas in Chicago and St. Paul. The wind managed to slow down a bit by the time we had almost driven out of Minnesota. I thought we were going to blow off the road at times. We also managed to hit two large flying buckets that are used to wash floors. The big ones with the wheels and handle on them. Some (insert synonym here – idiot, dufus, moron, bonehead) failed to tie down the items in his pick up truck. Somewhere between Chicago and St. Paul, when the wind was at its fiercest, the buckets flew off his truck and right into our path. The 37 Machine took a pretty stiff check to the front right bumper, but kept going, leaving in its path, a strewn mess of "bucket stuff". Luckily it didn’t hit the windshield.
Then there was Buffalo Lake State Park. We parked there one night. Right near Fargo North Dakota. Not a camper in sight. Nor a buffalo, or a lake. But I will tell you what seemed to be in abundance. Snakes. Little garter snakes kept sneaking around by my feet. They seemed to enjoy having me jump and scream, because they kept appearing. So it was a quiet night, just Graham and I, and the snakes and Ranger Rick at the Ranger Station. Almost creepy, yet so soothing and peaceful.
We also make a quick stop in Winnipeg to visit with the Leis family. David, Cheryl, Sophie and Adrian had us for supper and we had a nice visit with them. David was a neighbour of Graham’s when they were growing up. And David’s father Vernon Leis married us many moons ago. After spending a night in Winnipeg we traveled on to Saskatoon and stayed with another member of the Leis family. David’s brother Tim and his wife Anne and family graciously had us stay for the night. We enjoyed another nice meal and visit and in the morning were on our way to Lloydminster.