Winkler to Vita
We were on the road by 10:00 heading due east. The wind was from the north at times gusting to 40kph. The first 40km were slow, but then we flew due south for 6km on a newly paved shoulder. We had a health food lunch of waffles and pancakes at Letellier and then headed due east again. Shortly after lunch we passed the Red River, the source of so many floods.
Since we got to Winkler the land has been extremely flat and you can see why a 10 foot rise in the river can flood 40km wide. We arrived in Vita at 5pm to find everything closed - Motel, restaurants, and bars. At the only convenience store that was open we got canned turkey and rice for supper. We did get a motel room when we found the owner, but the liquor store was closed and we had another dry night. For the last half day it has been easy to tell we are in a Ukrainian district of Manitoba.
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