August 9, 2016-Good-bye Manitoba~Hello Ontario-Crystal Lake Campground

Tuesday August 9, 2016- Our time is up here at Birds Hill Provincial Park, not only are we leaving Winnipeg, we're leaving the whole Providence & moving on to Ontario!

             Otis is in the ready seat, but surprise,surprise Otis, you haven't been out to potty yet!!!

                              You don't need to sniff every blade of grass, just find a spot!!!

                                                     Looks like we're ready for take off!

                                                             And....we're out of here!

                                                                  On the Road Again!

                                                                   Sunflower fields

                                      
                                                           "Where we going Mom?"

Our destination today is Crystal Lake Campgrounds in Vermilion Bay Ontario, Canada. This is just a one nighter. Our completed destination will be Historic Fort William in Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada.

                                    Look at those hills! But no worries....we've got boost now!

So far so good!!!

 Our first stop in Ontario, the Welcome Center (that was closed!) we had lunch before driving on!

                But of course......

                                                                 Construction is EVERYWHERE!

                                                  It's a lot more scenic than Manitoba....

                                               This driver has everything under control!

                                                          Our destination is in sight!

                                                                    Here's the road in!

Nice Office, really nice Campgrounds!

                                           Looks like we're the only ones here? It is early....

                                           Otis will love having ALL the sniffs to himself!

                                                   By dinner time we had company!

  They also have a beach & a playground here, neither of which we'll need, not for one night!!!

                                                                Relaxing after dinner!

Mr. McSpoiled!!!

Rain was in the forecast for tonight so we brought the main slide in. That way there's no morning "COLD SHOWERS" for the driver when the slide comes in!!!

Tomorrow, Thunder Bay!

July 31-August 8, 2016-Still in Manitoba, Canada~Picnic & Ice Cream~French Quarter~Bike Ride~Last day Picnic

Friday August 5, 2016- This morning after his walk, after his coffee & oatmeal, Len jumped right into changing out that hose! He's been chomping at the bit ever since he realized we had a problem!

                    He's had that hose on & off to the point I think he could do it in his sleep!?!

  After showers & Otis has his morning potty break.....we pack a picnic lunch.Before we can enjoy our picnic.....we take Otis to get his nails clips. Poor dog, it's been a rough week for him, a bath, a haircut, & now his nails clipped! No pictures here, too traumatic for Otis!?!  It only takes less than ten minutes for Otis to get his nails done, all that fussy for nothing! Okay now we can head to the river walk for our picnic lunch! We ride around Winnipeg a little, heading toward the river walk where we'll find a place to picnic, there are parks a plenty along the river walk!

This is our picnic park choice!

                                              After our lunch we walked through the  park

                                                             down to the river walk

                                                  before heading back to our car....

At our parking spot, looked like maybe a wedding was getting ready to take place????

                                    This may have been the Groom & Grooms men's ride?

We don't have time to wait to see if a Bride appears.....we've got another real point of interest to see!

This is The Bridge Drive-In! They only serve ice cream, in assorted flavors of course, but just ice cream treats. My guess is they must have a short season? They've been in business or 50 years! Lennie chose banana, I chose lemon ice cream!

                                                 The "BRIDGE" foot passengers only!

                                                            view from the footbridge

                          I see Otis favoring his paw, maybe we've over walked him today???

While we were on the bridge enjoying the views it started raining, pretty hard too! Hard enough that Lennie & Otis RAN back to the car!!! I can't run anymore & I won't melt!!!!

                                                          Going back to Bird Hill Park!
                                                     Tomorrow.....Otis is staying home!!!

July 31-August 8, 2016- Last stop In Minnesota-Good-bye Minnesota~Hello Canada`Birdhill Park~The Forks Market

Sunday July 31, 2016- This morning we are leaving Duluth, heading to International Falls, Minnesota. This destination is someplace neither Lennie or I have ever been to!?!

                             Otis thinks he's ready but he hasn't even been out to potty yet!!

                                     Come on Otis take care of business so we can take off!

                                                            We must be ready to roll!

                                                           On the road again........!

                                   As we drive through Duluth the storm debris is still present.....

                                                That must have been a heck of a storm!

 We have to make a major stop before our next destination of Canada. Gas & some groceries at Walmart, that & Walmart is our ATM machine!

      Okay, we're moving again, but at a slower pace??? Something is wrong, we have no boost???

 We had this problem before, the year we went to Alaska, it was a hose. that's the first thing Lennie's going to check & sure enough that was the problem. There's a HOLE in the hose he replaced in Anchorage! We're adjacent to an Auto Zone, they of course don't have the necessary hose we need....Lennie does carry Mechanics tape, which is better than Duct tape when it come to repairing things. Hopefully it will hold to we get to our destination of Arnold's RV Park in International Falls!

        Hope we have no hills over the next 77 miles, that's when we feel the loss of power....😓

 I needed an "Otis Break" & made him get off my lap.....all he does is go around the back of the seat looking for another way onto my lap! The dog never gives up!

                                   Well we made it this far, now to get to Arnold's RV Park!

                                                                       We're here!

It's a very small RV Park, caters mostly to Fishing & Boating families as does everything else in International Falls!

 Lennie couldn't wait till we were set up so he could pull that hose off, & this time in a joint effort, we wrapped it properly. He called the Cummins Shop in Winnipeg, they do have a hose in stock! The tape job will work till we get up there, actually probably even longer!

                                                   AAAAAH, that'll do......for now!