Aug 30-Sept 1 Winnipeg
Welcome back to life blog!
You know, just like weary cyclists, even a blog sometimes needs a break! (yeah right, excuses)
Anyways, here we go....
When James cycled in China last year, he met a cyclist from Winnipeg and they agreed that James would swing by if he was ever in the area. Well, Winnipeg was right on the way so we stopped in to visit Josh (third from right in bottom pic) and his fiance Caroline.
Shortly after we arrived, Caroline took us to a local bakery for a delicious treat of bannok (Bread made in the North American Aboriginal style). Mmmmmm! (see pic below)
That same evening, there was a very small farmers market just a few blocks away from Josh and Caroline`s house. We got permission to sell our cards there and were placed next to an apple farmer named Kalvin. He just oozed with pride and love for his organically grown, local apples. Mind you, I cannot blame him because they were just delicious. In the pic below is an entire basket of a very delicious crab apple variety which he had up for sampling.
Next day Josh took us out for a little sight seeing ride around Winnipeg. The Barge Festival was in full swing with a live orchestra playing on the harbour dock.
The Provencher Bridge crossing the Red River.
As we were cycling along the river, we came upon two large canoes filled with members from a men`s choir who paddled up the river to the harbour singing songs about the local history. Very cool!
On our last night in Winnipeg, Josh and Caroline (far back) invited us to join them for a drink at a local bar with some friends of theirs. We had a great time and the veggie burgers left my mouth watering for days!
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