July 10 - Roblin to Dauphin - 98 km

Our first complete day of travelling through Manitoba today. We had headwinds all day, medium in the morning and increasing a bit in the afternoon. I keep a record of our "Moving Average Speed" (thanks to the wonders of a GPS) and you can see how much slower we travel on days with headwinds - we are easily slower between 3 and 5 km/hour.

There was very little paved shoulder today. There is usually a large hard gravel shoulder, which Laura and I were able to ride on for part of the trip.

We got into Dauphin mid afternoon and I was able to bike around town a bit. Visited their museum and had a look at some of the local architecture. Many of these prairie towns seemed to be built near the turn of the century, emphasizing the boom that followed the railways. The upper picture is of the Dauphin Railway station - one of the larger we've seen. The picture below is of the Ukranian Catholic church.

And finally - a Canola field picture. I've been taking many pictures of Canola, trying to get one that will show the colour nicely. The yellow has been spectacular and it seems like every time I see another field, it looked brighter than before. This photo was taken from the second floor of the Super 8 room we shared with Leddy that night (good thing too, because there was a nasty thunderstorm that night!).