Winnipeg to Hadashville, Manitoba

This morning I headed out from McFeetors Hall at 9:00.

Rather than head straight out of the city I took a more scenic route towards the Assiniboine River, past the legislature.

I went around the back along the Assiniboine to The Forks.

I cycled by the Museum of Human Rights and crossed the Red River on the iconic pedestrian bridge.

From there it was through Winnipeg's industrial east side and eventually out of the city.  Just at the Perimeter Road I stopped briefly at this nice cemetery.

The military section of the cemetery reminded me of the Commonwealth World War cemeteries I have visited in Belgium, France, and Singapore. 

I rode out on Highway 15 due east and was loving it as far as a town called Dugald.

After that unfortunately the highway had no paved shoulder--and in many places not even a white line, and so really was not a very viable route for me.  At Anola ("home of Corey Koskie"), I opted to take Highway 12 due south to the Trans-Canada.  Highway 12 also did not have a paved shoulder, but it was much quieter and anyway it got me to the Trans-Canada fast.

From where Highway 12 met the Trans-Canada I had just another 55 kilometres left, and was making excellent time.

About ten kilometres from the hotel I stopped at a rest stop where there was a food truck serving hamburgers and milkshakes.

I took half an hour or so to enjoy lunch at a nice picnic table.

I reached the Riverview Motel at 14:45, and checked in.

I struggled to communicate very well with the nice Chinese lady who runs the place, but she was quite accommodating and ended up doing my laundry for me for free.

Around 18:00 or so, after a good cold bath, hot shower, and lazy time in front of the TV, I cycled into the tiny village of Hadashville for dinner.  The Trans-Canada is actually a real mess in front of the hotel because they are redoing a bridge that crosses the river, so I took the back country roads.  

Hadashville is very small, but it has a little Ukranian restaurant called Sophie's, and I was able to get a great dinner of borscht, cabbage rolls, latkas, perogies, and pumpkin pie, and a nice Ukranian beer!