Bulls Eye on Portage & Main June 22nd bis

Bulls Eye on Portage & Main June 22nd bis

Somewhere in Northern Ontario is a trucker with a single digit extended for Kyle. Stopped at construction lights, Kyle decided to pass him when the light turned green. "Oh shits" were exclaimed when he realized the road turned to one lane on the bridge. Good driving, good luck or good brakes kept all paint in its original condition.

Lots of rivers flashing by. Just assed our first vehicle carrying white water kayaks (4 on the roof).

Kyle & I switched driving @ Ignace.
The road continues winding through the woods and the muskeg. The small villages begin to look the same. The larger one have more personality.
Dryden is a little more affluent than anything we have passed in a while. There is a huge factory/mill there but I can't say for what.
Kenora is surrounded by lakes and appears suburban.

West of Kenora the forest and hills subside. We cross the Manitoba border and the highway divides and levels out. The pace picks up and so does the traffic. That is until we come up on 2 lanes traveling at the speed limit. The passing lane is only slightly faster. We tuck into that one and find the reason. A mountie mooseying along. We pass him slowly and pull away just as slowly. Just when I think he is out of sight, he pulls in behind us with the lights flashing. He writes me up for illegal lane change but I think he was just lonely cause he chats my ear off.
Off again, staying in the 'fast lane', I am amazed at how quickly Brett's question of ' where does the prairie start', is answered.

Winnipeg looms on the horizon forever. We head for Portage & Main with dueling directions from Garmin & Google. Pictures and waves to Uncle Alan, and back on the road. Close to midnight in either time zone and we get lost finding our way back to the highway. Kyle thinks it is a shitty driver and I think navigator.
We stop, collect our bearings and choose our weapons of navigation. We switch roles which means we go to our strengths. Let the Google/Garmin Games begin.
We find the hotel after consuming an Adult Happy Meal only to not find a room available.
Undaunted, we head west into the night with tunes blasting.
We agree not to push our luck or our alertness by stopping in Brandon 90 kms away.