Into Manitoba and Brandon

Lake of the Woods is more cottage country; lakes, marshes and bulrushes everywhere beside the rock blasted roads. Ontario produces ½ of Canada’s industrial output. We left ON and were into Manitoba by 9:30. Here it’s scrubby brush and trees, then flat land. We’re back to a 2 lane highway for the Trans Canada with no shoulders. The right white line runs right onto the gravel in some spots. There’s lots of wheat and some very old barns ready to fall down, probably built 100 years ago in an old fashioned barn raising, our history disappearing. We stopped in Headingley just west of Winnipeg, to fuel and lunch. We used Gabby, our Garmin who is always gabbing at us. She said to turn left on Racetrack Road, which was a block ahead of the Flying J and was we were going into a graveyard!! I use maps, road signs and check to see if Gabby is telling the truth. She’s misled us several times. Every town has its own grain elevator by the train tracks. I go a kick out of these two. One looks like it has a face on it. We pulled into the Husky lot at Brandon at 3:20.