Fun and Resting in Manitoba

Winnipeg is cool. I have come to that conclusion.

We are staying with amazing hosts (again) in the Sanders family. Mr Sanders is a social worker, and Mrs. Sanders works for CBC Winnipeg- and they have treated us like kings (again).

We got into Winnipeg yesterday, after battling our second day of bad head wind. The night before, we slept in McMunn Manitoba (just after we crossed the border out of Ontario!).

When we arrived at the Sanders' home, we were greeted with beers (Labatt Genuine dad!), each took a warm shower, and sat down for a great spaghetti dinner. After that, we headed downtown and spend the night a bar called the Toad in the Hole- it was great fun. I played a wicked video game called Buck Hunter, we had a few drinks, and our server Ainslin (spelling is wrong) gave us a shot of jagermeister on the house, and also brought TROUBLE (the 80's boardgame) to our table to keep the fun going.

Today we took our bikes in for some repairs, and headed downtown to buy tickets for a concert, explore the city and to tour the CBC headquarters with Mrs. Sanders.

The tickets we bought are for Girl Talk, an amazing DJ that Brad and I like a lot. The show is part of the Winnipeg jazz festival.

Our tour of downtown was brief, but fun nonetheless...but the best part was our tour of CBC. We got to sit in on the afternoon current affairs radio show- which was great to watch from the perspective of a communication student. And wouldn't you know- there was a hole to fill in the show...and we were asked to go on!

So, we spoke about our trip and CANFAR...it was a great experience that we all will remember. Hopefully our media exposure will help with the awareness of CANFAR, and of our ride.

Tomorrow we will be the start of 4 demanding days of riding, averaging around 150km per day. Turns out we won't be able to reach Regina for Canada day either- we will be arriving there on the 2nd of July. Ah well. You win some, you loose some.

I am really pumped for the concert tonight- hopefully I don't tire myself out too much!

I think the next time we will have acces to the net will be in Regina- so you can expect another update in about 5 days. Thanks again for reading!

-Mikey