From Saskatoon, SK to Lundar Beach Provincial Park, Lake Manitoba, MB.
It was a long drive but mostly straight, flat roads at cruising speed. Little traffic and beautiful sunny day. I had looked for a remote beach campsite and found a perfect one on the east side of Lake Manitoba. Managed to go for a dip in the lake. We sat on the beach, had a beach campfire, drank wine and watched the sunset. The driving music today was Johnny Cash – the Rick Rubin sessions.
Also, today is my birthday. Couldn’t have asked for a better day.
The Prairies – with pugs. Just outside of Yorkton, SK. We left Saskatoon and 7 am and got to Lake Manitoba at 4 pm. That was with the added hour for the time zone change. Had to get a picture of the land. No one else on the road.
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Lundar Beach campground, the office was closed, even though it was only 4. My name and campsite number was posted. This was it. Obviously hasn’t been used in years.
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However, there were 3 huge, really nice ones, unoccupied, just down the road. So I grabbed this one which had shade and a path to the beach.
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After setting up the tent we went down to check out the beach. Later, I put my swimsuit on and went into the water. Raisin tried to follow me in and got as far as the water to her chest. I came back, sat in the water so she and Eve could be in the water next to me (didn’t bring my camera in case I got it wet). The water was as warm as soup. The pugs were happy.
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Then I went and got their PFDs out of the car. Time for a pug swim.
After we dried off on the blanket and watched the water, waves and sky.
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There was a nature trail with a lookout onto the area. It was a marsh but we didn’t go on the trail because of the mosquitos.
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After the walk we had turkey burgers and crunchy coleslaw. Eve and Raisin got their kibble earlier but had some turkey with me.
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We went back to the beach to watch the sunset. I built a campfire and settled in. Someone had setup the circle of rocks previously.
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There was a flowering plant in front of the beach campfire. It was the only one on the beach. Don’t know if the circle of rock came first or the plant.
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Getting close to sunset on the beach but I was getting sleepy. Pugs were snoring away beside me.
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The final photo before heading off to bed.
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