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| On the beach in Gimli |
Friday we drove north two hours to Lake Winnipeg and the Icelandic community of Gimli. In 1875 - a group of families from Iceland came here and settled a fishing and farming community. For years - no one else was allowed to settle here. It is beautiful lake front beaches and the largest port on the lake. We stayed at the Lakeview Hotel.
Saturday we drove west of Winnipeg to the Spirit Sands. This area is a provincial park to preserve a massive series of sand dunes deposited 18000 years ago when the continental glacier was melting. Normally - you can board a covered wagon and tour the formations. We arrived at 4 PM - the last wagon was 2 PM. We walked one mile into the area - but it was tough walking on the sand.
To relax after that walk - we had supper and a little gambling at the Sand Hills Casino. Both the dunes and the casino are on First Nation land. We had a nice supper and thanks to Lulu's luck - we left the place $33 ahead.
We ended up sleeping on Saturday night sleeping at the Comfort Inn in Brandon - along the beautiful Canadian National Highway 1. This highway crosses Canada - east to west - 4000 miles.
Sunday - today - we will drive south to the International Peace Garden on the USA/Canada border. Monday - we fly home from Winnipeg.
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| At the harbor in Gimli |
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| A free museum along the Canadian National Highway 1 |
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| A model air show at Gimli |
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| Air show - Gimli |
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| View from our hotel room - Gimli |
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| The boardwalk at Gimli |
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| First day of school - Gimli Iceland Museum |
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| Lulu at the Vikings - coming to a theatre near you |
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| Picture of sailboats on Lake Winnipeg |
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This airliner made emergency landing at Gimli.
Called the Gimli Glider - it was out of fuel |
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| Neat license plate |
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| The Spirit Sands are dunes deposited by glacier |
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These sand dune wagons stopped running at 2 PM -
so we walked at 4 PM |
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| The Sand Hills Casino near Carberry |
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HARRY AND NANCY, I TRULY ENJOY FOLLOWING TOUR BLOG AND HEARING ABOUT YOUR EXCITING VENTURES BOTH IN WORK AND TRAVEL. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND YOU WILL HAVE ME CONTINUALLY HOOKED! THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL THE TAMAQUA, PENNSYLVANIA AND OTHER NEWS. SEEMS LIKE WE COAL CRACEKRS ARE AN INTERESTING LOT. DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME AND IF YOU ARE IN THE PALM BEACH AREA PLEASE LOOK US UP. ALL THE BEST, KENNETH O. HASSAN (KOH)
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