August 23, 2004

August 23, 2004

DAY 67

 

 

Today we went with Lorri and her 2 little girls to MacDonald's for lunch on our way to the Fort Whyte Centre. The Fort Whyte Centre is an environmental education centre on the southwest edge of Winnipeg on 200 acres of land with forest, lakes, nature trails, and floating boardwalks on marsh lands. We spent the entire afternoon exploring, starting with the prairie dog colony in "Prairie Dog Town" adjacent to the parking lot. The main interpretive centre building has displays of many animals and birds, that children can touch as well as see. Madeleine and Amelia got to see and feel a bison, wolf, bear, raccoon, otter, mink, fox, etc., etc.. We saw live snakes in glass cases, large and small fish in a variety of different sized aquariums, ducklings in a duck nursery, and honey bees in a glass hive. Outside we hiked all over their marsh land boardwalks and studied ducks, algae, beaver dams, trees chewed by beavers, marsh grasses and flowers, etc., etc.. It was a really interesting place to visit with young children. Too bad it was cold, and raining on and off all day.

We barbecued supper for Sharon and Bud. I wanted to "road test" the barbecue refurbishment I did.

I'm getting eager to move on. In the vernacular of Escapees, I have hitch itch.

DSK