Day 18 - Winnipeg MB

Hello everyone

What a difference a few days make - Wow, I'm not sure just where to begin- we had a nice drive to Swift Current, drizzling and raining for a good portion of the time, but the sun came out just as we were taking a break at Maple Creek Info Centre. We had a real nice visit and dinner at our nephew's home, and then we went to our niece's for dessert. We left about 8.30 and arrived in Caronport about 10 pm. Tuesday, June 19,  we left Caronport about 8.30 am arriving at Shoal Lake, MB about 3 pm. Cousin Mary had made fresh rhubarb crisp (Yummy) for tea, and then later we went out for dinner with her and her husband of 63 yrs. He  is 94 and looks 84. We left for Winnipeg about 6.30 pm, and as we were nearing Minnedosa, the temperature gauge light came on so I pulled over, opened the hood - nothing was steaming or hot, so wasn't too worried, but a bit ticked as my cell wasn't getting a signal. An elderly couple stopped and invited us to follow them to their son's place just a very short distance (maybe 1/4 km). They filled up the overflow and the gauge went down. We started driving again but in a short while it went up again.  By that time we were just getting into Minnedosa, so pulled into the nearest place which was an Agri business, but luckily there was still someone there working. He let me call CAA. They said I would have to pay extra to get towed to Wpg, but we decided that would still be better than spending another night in a hotel and having a stranger fix my car. Margaret's son-in-law is a mechanic and owns his own shop - I had planned to have him check out my car anyway, but now it was getting done a bit sooner (and differently) than planned. We waited over an hour for the truck and then had to sit in a rickety old tow truck for at least 2 1/2 hrs. arriving at Margaret's 12.30 am. According to the driver, cell phone connectivity had been poor on Hwy 16 the last few days (just my luck,lol). The next day, Wednesday, I drove it to the shop, about 4 kms, and the light came on again. It was the fuel pump, so Craig and his son Dave fixed it, as well as a tune-up, oil change - the works, parts at cost and no labour charge. - Thank you, Craig & Dave. I owe you! but I will certainly pay it forward when I can. Terry moved back to Wpg from Calgary last fall and is living with Margaret for the time being - had not seen him in over 20 years, so has been nice to hang out with him in the evenings. Judy came over one night, we had some lovely cherry wine (which she made); Linda & Gary came over for coffee and soup; Len & Karen came over tonight, so I've seen all Margaret's children that live here in Wpg, except for Ken.

Getting late, so Goodnight, and God Bless