Camping has actually been quite expensive in Canada, with one site in Ontario running me $40. Most sites are cheaper, and Manitoba has been around $20. I spent 8 hours in Rivers Provincial Park: 7 sleeping, and 1 setting up and taking down my tent. The site was nothing special, and it creeped me out. I figured if I left before 8, I could get out before the staff arrived. So I did. And honestly, I don't feel bad at all.
Drove today to Riding Mountain National Park, in central Manitoba. This park is all forest, similar to Algonquin PP, a mix of hardwoods and spruce/tamaracks. The park is like an island in a sea of prairie. It represent a shoreline that used to exist when a glacier melted thousands of years ago, leaving behind Lake Agassiz, which covered most of Manitoba and northern Minnesota. Today, all thats left of that lake is a few lakes in Manitoba and the waters at Agassiz NWR which I visited a few days ago....Im actually spending some time in the park looking for a few specific birds that I have not yet seen on this trip or in my life: Spruce Grouse, Three-toed Woodpeckers, and Connecticut Warbler. So far, no dice.
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| Clear Lake shoreline, Riding Mountain NP |
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| photogenic frog |
BUT! I did treat myself to a delicious meal in a quaint little town within the park called Wasagaming. Big old buffalo burger with fries and 3 glasses of Orange crush soda. Oh how unbelievably delicious. Oh I savoured it for sure. A littel bit of heaven, surrounded by freeze-dried camping food, power bars, and McDonalds.
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| Bam! |
One night in Riding Mountain than off to SW Manitoba for the day and night tomorrow! Hoping the wind I've had the past 3 days dies down.
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