Whaaaat aaaa dayyy.

Alright, so my day started off by getting the keys locked in my car.. i know.. i'm embarrassed. Anyway, my boss was nearby so came and opened it with the spare set.

Drove from Winnipeg to Fairford for my first solo location. On the drive I really started to get a first hand view of how bad the flooding has been in Manitoba.. one house had an involuntary moat. I took a few pictures off the side of the road where it looks like there are lakes right up to the pavement/gravel. Some areas of one of the roads I drove on had water going totally up and over it. 

Anyway, the point of today was to get to your point, set up, take a few hours of data, and then take everything down and send it in (like a mock solo survey to make sure we know what we're doing for tomorrow). After I set up, I went off to find somewhere to stay for the next three nights. This was an ordeal. As I was driving in, I passed some questionable looking motels and figured there was no way I'd be in staying somewhere like that. Wellll, the first "hotel" that I tried was even worse. And fully booked. The owner explained that with all the flooding, lots of workers have been brought in to help, and are filling up most of the hotels in the area. So I carried on to 3 other questionable motels for lodging, all with the same deal. After my 4th rejection and an older creep trying to hit on me, I was starting to get worried. I threw on some 'Big Girls Don't Cry' and regained composure. 

Talked to my boss and asked if I would be able to head to the nearest place with a real motel or hotel (rather than a restaurant/motel/gas station that most of these were) with available rooms... he understood and allowed it, so now I'm in Dauphin, MB at a Super8. Such relief to not be homeless for 3 days! 

CURRENTLY

Odometer Reading: 22380 (or something around there)
Hotel Number: 5

Harry Potter AudioBooks Completed: 2

Animals Seen: deer, rabbit, fox[dead:(], beaver, groundhog/prairie dog(not sure which one), way too many cows, looots of herons.

Big Things Visited: Nickel, Baseball, Canada Goose, Winnie the Pooh.

Other Notes:

Finally had a sunny day!

Bought some sweatpants before leaving Winnipeg. Also got a really good haul of things from bulk barn.

Didn’t listen to any HP at all today! Big achievement.

Had a solid 2.5 hr rock session with me, the vue and my ipod. Gt’s.

Was moo’ed at by a bull when I started getting closer to it (for a pic..) and eventually I had to go away because I could tell he was probs gunna charge at me if I stuck around.

That’s pretty much it…

Peace G’s