Wandering from Tennessee to Alaska, and back, 2023

[Machinebuilder]

I saw these at several "pulp load checking stations" along the road



 

[Machinebuilder]

5-20

I entered Manitoba.................It's just like Wally World



 

So I winged it like normal and went up the Whiteshell

very pretty area



 

Bannock Point Petroforms, someone many years ago laid out rocks in the form of special things.
I think this was a turtle


 

and at Seven Sisters Falls I saw more pelicans than I have ever seen



 



 

[Machinebuilder]

5-21

I went to Pinawa where the remains of the first hydro power plant to feed Winnepeg are.

Very nice exhibit and signs



 





 



 

And Sox Freaked out and almost belly crawled across this walkway



 

Then I stopped at the Winnipeg River Heritage museum, nice little community museum.



 



 



 

Interestingly that is the original cable ferry that points on its travel line and the Model A is a car that rode the ferry in its day.

[Machinebuilder]

5-22

I camped at the Selkirk Municiple campground and walked around the Manitoba Maritime Museum (not open)

These are some pretty big boats on the river and Lake Winnipeg and lake Manitoba

the remains of the last steam tug



 

the last wooden Whitefishing boat on lake Winnipeg.



 

I then went to Gimli, the largest Icelandic population outside of Iceland.



 



 



 

I then drove up to the Narrows, of Lake Manitoba and camped, this is starting to be prairie farm country

[Machinebuilder]

5-23

I drove to the south entrance of Riding Mountain NP got a little bit of info in a very touristy area, then headed up to the Bison range



 



 



 



 



 

it was really cool to see 3 bison calfs and it is a beautiful area. I did see 2 bears but did not get any pictures.

I took a rest day to pay bills etc and catch up on pictures, this is a small municiple camp with good cell service

this catches me up and tommorrow 5-25 I will go through Riding Mountain to see the Northern part.

As an aside, I saw signs for the 51'st lattitude. I live at 35.6 so 15.4degrees at 69mile/degree=1062 miles north.

[aigheadish]

The past few days of your reports look especially neat! 

[barbender]

 Those pulp rollers...I've seen them in old videos before. Don't worry about putting the load on neat, just swing over to the rollers and straighten the load out😊

 I'm loving your pictures, what a great trip!

[Andries]

Thanks for the photos Machinebuilder, most of the last two instalments look very familiar.
Those pulp rollers are surprisingly, full of rocks. That gives them the mass and un-crushable nature that forces a sloppy pulp load into a neat and tidy load. There’s some heavy duty bearing and foundation steel in there. They’re found closer to active cutting areas.

[Stephen1]

Great pictures and thanks for the tour. I spent 2 months in Gimli Manitoba on the Air Force base in 1979. It was the training grounds for Canadian Nation Railway Locomotive Engineers. They had the 2 locomotive simulators. They were one of a kind at the time.  In fact the Smithsonian Institute bought one when they finally closed the facility in the late 80's. 

[DbltreeBelgians]

This is looking like a great trip. Enjoy your retirement. Ya only live once. Be safe,

Brent

[Machinebuilder]

I made it into Saskatchewan yesterday 

I had to argue with my bank for too long Wednesday/Thursday  the had locked my online access and I wasn’t able to reset my password. I had to call my branch at home and explain several times where I was before he went through what I couldn’t and get it reset. 
This is an issue when you’re not sure how much is coming out so to exchange rates and foreign bank fees

Fortunately it is working now. 

Coming north through Riding Mountain NP. I saw 6 bears and 1 red fox along the road. The bear jams were Europeans that had not seen bears before. 

I try to get some more pictures up in the next couple days

[Old Greenhorn]

Well, there are bound to be a few bumps in the road, glad you got it worked out. I surely am enjoying travailing along with you. I never heard the term 'bear jam' before. Gotta remember that one. I chased a black bear out of my backyard in the middle of the afternoon yesterday. Medium sized guy maybe 2 years old.
 Keep on truckin'!

[barbender]

Bear and other wildlife "jams" are very common in Yellowstone and other parks I've been to our west. One time, a couple of young buffalo bulls were walking down the road in a canyon, and they had traffic backed up for about 3 miles behind them. I was chuckling when we finally got up to where they were walking down the road and passed them, they had hundreds of cars backed up and driving around them, and not a care in the world. I told the kids they probably walked up to the end of the canyon, turned around and walked back down the other way, just doing it for fun😂

[Machinebuilder]

5-25

I went north through Riding Mountain NP to Dauphin, I saw 6 bears and a fox along the road.



 



 

Not much there now, it was the last mill operating in the park



 



 



 

After Dauphin I went to Duck Mountain PP

Baldy Mt, the highest point in Manitoba.



 

Gabby went up the tower with me



 

Sox didn't and cried at the bottom



 

I camped at the park

[Walnut Beast]

Great pictures!! 

[Machinebuilder]

5-26

it was a rainy day, i made it to Swan River and stopped at there heritage museum

Lots of pioneer, farming, and some lumber industry.



 



 



 



 

I made it into Saskatchewan and stopped in Love for the night



 


I saw several fields with these little tents, I had to ask what the are for and they are for cutter bees, brought in for polinazation



 

[Machinebuilder]

5-27/28

Prince Albert NP



 



 



 



 

I liked my camp at Sandy Lake enough to spend the day there yesterday

[Stephen1]

Sometimes it's just nice to sit and relax. Great pictures.

[Machinebuilder]

I realized I didn’t mention a couple things. 

While in camp at sandy lake  Prince Albert np
I saw a fox run through my camp. The dogs were already in bed. Then a beaver swimming in the lake

The second night I was cleaning up after dinner when Sox went berserk, I found out that someone had just seen a mamma bear with 2 cubs minutes before along the road. We presume Sox saw it. 

My bear alarm works. 

[Machinebuilder]

5-29

I didn't take any pictures, not much across Saskatchewan 

I stopped for the night in Meadow Lake PP

5-30 Meadow Lake PP  its a place to go fishing, lots of small lakes with little shore access



 



 

And made it into Alberta, Stopped in Lac La Biche and camped in Sir Winston Churchill PP



 





 



 

There is a Fox den under their woodshed



 

5-31 
I then stopped at the mission/residential school



 





I camped at Ghost lake
the dogs didn't like being kept i the camper when a family of beavers where swimming around in the lake
They had stolen a piece of firewood and had it stripped bare by the AM. 3 small ones and 2 big ones