Manitoba Travels
It turned out to be another nice Saturday so I decided to take another tour of the region and snap some photos. One of my co-workers had mentioned a restaurant in Gimli that I should try so I figured that would be my destination today for lunch. Strangely enough as I was leaving Gimli to head home I saw and talked to this co-workers brother who happened to be walking across the street where I was stopped at the intersection. I must be becoming Canadian when I meet people I know some 80km’s from my house. Anyway we chatted briefly because he was with family and was heading out of town himself. At first I wasn’t really sure where to start so I went back toward Lockport and took a few more photos of that area which I will post when I’m done with this blog entry. I did some reading on Lockport and found some very interesting information. Sometimes I come up with information that people who have lived here all their lives don’t know. I found some really interesting links on the history of Lockport and the Lockport Dam. If you have some time you might want to click on these links. I found them very interesting. Did you know that the locks at this dam are the only ones outside of Europe that use a design known as the Camere Design? See I told you I find out things.A quick (place is small) ride through there and then I took the highway north toward Gimli. I took a route to Gimli that usually I avoid because of the slow traffic zone and tons of people in an area known as Winnipeg Beachbut I thought it would be something to experience again. Lots of cottages in this area along with a couple of golf courses and of course a beach Arriving in Gimli a short time later I drove right to the restaurant parking lot and went in to eat. It is a Greek run establishment called the Europa with so many items on the menu that you wouldn’t believe it. I was told that the portions were more than ample here also but of the several Greek restaurants that I’ve been to here in Winnipeg, I find that you get more than enough to eat at all of them. There are more than enough fish-flies up here but more commonly known as mayflies or “Canadian Soldiers”. I was told about these insects and how they swarm and cover everything and then die leaving large piles and then they start to give off a fishey smell if you don’t clean them up. Disgusting!
>Anyway I had lunch and it wasn’t bad. A little on the greasy side but that was because of the tons of sauteed onions in the dish I had. I went for the Greek Melt which consisted of sauteed onions, bell peppers, mushrooms (lots of them) and chicken breast strips placed on two pieces of rye bread topped with mozzarella cheese and then baked. I will post the picture of this because I didn’t believe how much food this was going to be until they brought it to my table. Whoa! As I was leaving I stopped by where people had stands with lots of items they had made and found this neat wooden box (I will post a photo as soon as I get it) to store the cat’s food in. In fact if you look at the pictures I posted, you will see the box next to the table with the yellow table cloth in the photos Art Gallery & Craft Fair. The lady had one for Dog Food and one for Potatoes and Onions but I found that they didn’t live far from me so I ordered one that said Cat Food on it with an etched picture of a kitty wearing a bow. It has a lid on the top and this one I picked has a drawer in the bottom where I can put their canned cat food and other treats. I will probably have it by tomorrow.
It was another beautiful day for a drive with blue skies and awesome cloud formations and all along the country side there were fields of yellow (canola) and blue (flax) growing for miles on end so I took some pictures of that while I was driving along. Now I’m home and that’s the end of my tour. Hope all this educational stuff didn’t bore any of you to pieces but if found a lot of it interesting and just thought I would pass it along.
Tomorrow it looks as if I will be going with some friends to a couples cottage for the afternoon for dinner. Hope everyone else is having as great a weekend as I
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