Day 7 - Brandon to Kenora Ontario

When we were leaving Brandon yesterday, we were told that the bridge into town was down to one lane due to high water levels in the river.  The flooding is the worst since the 1890's in the area.   This morning the CBC reports that water levels rose 30 cm yesterday on that river.  The residents are madly sandbagging the banks.  We, luckily, missed all of that excitement.  In fact our whole drive to Kenora was uneventful except for one short (about 5 minutes) but fierce thunder/lightning storm just east of Winnipeg while Julie drove.

In Winnipeg, Julie took me out for a nice Mother's Day lunch at Red Lobster. We discovered that the road south (which we were planning on taking) was closed due to flooding and that traffic was diverted to a secondary road.  We decided to stay on highway 1 to Kenora and head into the US from Kenora instead. The road around the northern part of Lake Superior is just too long.

The town of Kenora wraps itself around the Lake of the Woods Lake.  This morning from the window of the hotel I can hear the sound of a loon on the lake.  I have been surprised by the few birds we saw coming over the Prairies.  I am hoping it is just because the ducks and geese have not yet returned from the south and not that they have all disappeared over the years. I am hearing a few different bird calls this morning. 




Gas 0

Hotel  104 plus tax
Food   $90 approx. (includes lunch in Winnipeg and dinner in a pub watching the hockey game last night).