Day 33 Delisle to Winnipeg

The day started off with a quick breakfast at Rob and Allison's and then it was time to say goodbye to their cats and we were on the road for 8:30. 


A cat's way of saying goodbye

Our start time was a little later than we wanted but it turned out for the best as the road were slick and it proved we were better off to be later as the roads needed time to warm up.  To date we have been telling people we have lucked out on the driving conditions, today was not so good.  Within 2 km's of starting we past our first car in the ditch.  We were to count 20 in total for the day including 2 transports

View out front window note the glare on the road and the car in the right ditch in background

The roads did improve as we headed east.  We stopped for a coffee in Wynyard Sask. and snapped the picture below.  Let us know if you know what it is?  We will post the answer tomorrow.

What is this?

As this is the praires we saw a number of trains, all very long.

Morning train just outside of Saskatoon

Afternoon train near Portage la Prairie

The afternoon train was a harbinger of the worst roads to come.  The train crossed highway 16 just before it joins with highway 1 from here to Winnipeg the roads were quite slick. 

Highway 1 East of Winnipeg note that the vehicles in front are driving on the shoulder to avoid the ice!

But the good news is we made it without incident to my aunts in Winnipeg.

Cheers
Dawson and Julie