Day 8 Home

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

Made it!!  Well that was the fastest trip from La Penita Mexico to Rivers Manitoba I have ever driven.  I had originally planned to average 400 kms a day but with the nice weather enroute and my listening to books on my headphones, the kilometers just went by quicker than I expected.  I actually averaged 562 kms a day!!!  When I started this morning I only had 388kms to make it home.

First thing was to fill with gas at $3.42 which is the equivalent of  about $1.19 Cnd a liter.  Gas in Brandon Manitoba is $1.45 right now so I saved $12 on my 50 liter top up.  I have seen gas ranging from $2.99 to $3.89 a Us gallon in my travels.  Most places were around $3.39.  Then a little time in the dog park for Archie.

Steele, North Dakota

We got away about 8 am and by 11 we were pulling up to the Canadian customs.  Same questions and then a light hearted exchange about my flight back to Winnipeg on March 6 and then turned around and back to PV on March 7.  His exact words were "what the hell was that about"?  and he laughed.  When I told him it was to activate my 60 day travel insurance he thought it was brilliant!!!  Anyways, less than 5 minutes and we were through and on the last leg of our journey.

Coming into Customs and the International Peace Gardens.

Although I was able to wear my shorts all day, as I got into Manitoba I started seeing the remnants of the snow storm they had last week.  I knew the shorts would not last long.

Lots of ice on the water

I got to Kaitlyns about 1 pm and had a quick bite of lunch before Susan and I headed down to the park to get RRV set up in the driveway by CJ's. It is still wet around here and we will need a week of warm weather to get things dried up.  We are in no hurry so that is ok.  

The lake is still frozen over.

the view out our front window

a little snow beside us

Tomorrow looks like it will be pleasant but after that temps take a dive for a few days.  It will be a good time to catch up on my sleep. Had a good trip and a good day today.  Good Nite!!!