Today is a day off!

We got on the road as soon as we woke up yesterday morning. It was a bit chilly, and better to use the engine heat to warm things up rather than putting the propane on. After all, we were going to be driving anyhow.

So we drove for a half an hour to the town of Whitewood, Saskatchewan where we stopped and had breakfast and a hot drink and used the internet.

The town of Whitewood has a "flag garden" at it's western entrance...

Sherman looks like he won an award of some kind!

From there, it was more miles on the Trans Canada highway heading east. Not the most interesting. We stopped in the town of Moosomin (pop 2,480) and had a walk around but didn't find anything too interesting there. Didn't even take any photos. Then, it was back on the highway where we crossed the border into Manitoba.

Welcome to Manitoba!

A one hour time change for us as soon as we crossed the border. Still on central time, however Saskatchewan doesn't do daylight savings time, and Manitoba does. So we crossed at 11:40am, and all of a sudden it was 12:40pm.

Noticeable difference in Manitoba compared to Saskatchewan?

 There are trees!

We stopped at the town of Alexander, Manitoba. Didn't go into the town itself, but they had a nice little baseball park where we pulled in for lunch. Would have made for a fine overnight spot, but we were heading a few miles north of Alexander to Rivers Provincial Park.

Sherman, parked for lunch near Alexander, Manitoba.

Finally on to a secondary road, but it wasn't in the best of shape. 

Even the recent patch job was poorly done.

Arrived at Rivers Provincial Park.

The campground here is officially closed, however there is nothing stopping anybody from overnighting here at this time of year. There are no services of course, but the park itself is still open.

We're here because long time blog readers Lorne and Sue run the concession and mini golf here at the park. They are also RV'ers, with a big diesel pusher motorhome that they live in. And they invited us for a visit!

We said hellos, and then got Sherman parked up in a nearby site. We had some things to do though, so we agreed to meet for dinner at their place at 7:00pm.

Ruth made some bread, and then gave me a badly needed haircut. I felt like having a nap, so I snoozed while Ruth had some internet time. Only problem was...she hadn't set the clock on her computer for the hour time change and I napped until almost 7:00pm! I woke up and came in to her saying "you do realize that it's ten minutes to seven...?".

We were a few minutes late for dinner. Sue had made a delicious chicken fettuccine sauce and a salad, and we brought our own gluten free pasta. Had a nice meal, and then a campfire outside. Lots to talk about as we follow some of the same other bloggers and of course we're both interested in RV'ing and campgrounds.

Sherman, parked up at Rivers Provincial Park, Manitoba.

After three days of driving, we're due for a break. So today is a day off! There are a few short hiking trails here, so we'll do some relaxing and exploring, and spend some time with Lorne and Sue. They're having a little get together this evening with some local friends to celebrate the closing of the season for their first year running the concession and mini golf business, and we've been invited to join them, so we're looking forward to that. Maybe we'll even have a game of mini golf.

Yesterday's drive, 213 kms (132 miles).

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