July 13 - Oranole to Neepawa - 77 km

Another foul looking day. We took off in rain drizzle and very windy conditions. The wind was from the side in the morning - very strong and gusty and occasionally would blow one of us towards the centre of the road. We had some shoulders most of the way, and the traffic was light.

Towards noon, we arrived in Minnedosa. A nice little town, but all we wanted to do was have a bite to eat and continue on. We couldn't, because we ran smack dab into the Minnedosa 125th Anniversary parade! So, we hunkered down in a coffee shop and watched the parade go by. Those poor participants in the parade - instead of dancing on the floats they were huddled under blankets.

After leaving Minnedosa we continued south and then turned left onto Highway 16. Now this huge wind was directly behind us and we flew into Neepawa, where we dried ourselves out again in the motel.

The photos are of the Neepawa Museum and water tower (its very common for these small towns to have converted their old train stations to museums), a pretty church, and the Land Titles office. There's nothing really remarkable about the Land Titles building except that I have noticed a number of them in various towns, all built in the early 1900's, and of a similar style. Obviously, Land Titles was very important to the people as they settled the region.