Covid-19 derailed our usual spring time road trip across some large part of Canada so we waited until the last possible moment and went at the end of September. Good timing too, as in late October and November provinces and towns in western Canada started to close down and tell people to stay home and stay away.
We attempted to camp near Neepawa but the campsite said they can’t allow tents because even though the bathrooms were open now, they could get shut down at any moment for health reasons, and so they didn’t allow tenting, only RV’s with their own toilets. Sheesh! You might as well not go for a walk as it “might” start raining.
So we found a “free” campsite in the Arden Manitoba 1967 Centennial playground and cooked margarine soaked chicken on the fire.
Arden Manitoba. Nice footbridge over the Whitemud River.
Whitemud River, Manitoba
Our Red 2018 Kia Soul turbo
Abandoned farm south of Russel Manitoba
After looking around Arden Manitoba we headed north to Russell and Saltcoats.
Fabulous Teal interior in the abandoned farm house
Inside the abandoned prairie farmhouse. Teal and vintage wallpaper!
Rotted corner boards on the old farm house. Wood doesn’t last forever.
Arden Manitoba
Lansdowne Centennial Park, where we camped for the night.
Arden Manitoba grain elevator
Beautiful old house in Arden MB
Abandoned store, Arden MB
Ghost sign. Ice Cream Parlor
Vintage DeSoto car
Map of Arden MB
Great swoopy 1967 architecture. Binscarth Centennial Pool. Manitoba
Abandoned farm in the Manitoba prairies
Welded metal gear art by Jim Nodge as seen in Russel Manitoba
I have never heard of Chenoo and Loup Garou, Memegwesi and the Lake Utopia Monster, but Troy Townsin has!
Arthur the Bull. Russell Manitoba
Art Kinney and Bill Yakabowski
Goliath the really huge swing. Langenburg Saskatchewan
Saltcoats Saskatchewan has TWO antique stores! This one used to be a bank.
The old Northern Bank building in Saltcoats Saskatchewan
Antique store in Saltcoats Saskatchewan
On the second floor of the bank were lodgings for the family that lived there and took care of the building at all hours.
McIntosh Red Apples. Junior B.C.
Print of a painting by Jack Lee McLean
Dave Liepert collects the good stuff and runs the Antique store. Saltcoats Saskatchewan
Saltcoats Saskatchewan
Village of Saltcoats
Historical Cemetary near Saltcoats
Marma Duke Barker. Nothing to do with the Cartoon Dog.
Some nice architecture in Yorkton Saskatchewan
Dave’s antique store in Saltcoats SK