Kilometer 4023 - Regina!

The rain continued half the night and was still dripping from the trees when I woke at 530 this morning.  Haven't quite adjusted to the time change so figured I might as well get up and get breakfast ready and take down camp. The tent was soaking wet. I had thought of spending a night in Manitoba on the way to Regina but this kind of made my mind up for me. I got some coffee and oatmeal into me and was on the road about 730.

I decided to play a new game this morning.  It was called "How far can Shelley drive with the gas light on?" I knew I was close to the Manitoba border and was sure there would be lots of gas stations around.  Again, I was wrong.  Seems to be a recurring theme. At first I wasn't worried,  but then I got down to one bar and all there was around me was highway and fog. I searched on the GPS and found one about 20 km just inside Manitoba.  Finally,  with a sigh of relief and just as the last bar disappeared,  I saw the gas station.  I pulled up to the pump,  got out, and that is when I noticed the closed sign. I was in deep doo doo. As I stood there, a man walked up the road and towards me. I explained my plight and he said "Oh I think it opens in 10 minutes". Phew. So I stood and had a great conversation with the guy. He was from Winnipeg and was very interested in my trip and gave me some tips . He highly suggested a lake just around the corner to go see, which I did after finally fueling up. I am sure it was lovely.  All I saw was fog.

I drove through Winnipeg.  From the road I could see the brand new Human Rights museum that just opened a couple of days ago.  Beautiful building.  I made my stop at Mountain Equipment Co-op and then hit the road again. The clouds seem to hang so low on the prairies.  It feels sometimes like you could reach right up and touch them. After a while the clouds cleared and the sky was deep blue from one side of the horizon to the other. I stopped a few times for pictures and for gas again but otherwise went right on to Regina.  Kristie had perogies and meatloaf and cheesecake waiting for me. So great to see all three of them again,  and Kristie's parents,  Rodger and Myrna,  were here also so we all had supper together.

Mom and Kara get here on Tuesday, flying in just before noon.  I probably won't be blogging much while I am here - will save that mostly for the road. I will add some pictures from the day below.