Driven by Henry Rollins screaming on Black Flag’s Slip It In album I made good time last night and wound up sleeping at a truck stop about an hour east of Regina. Never did see Regina since it was dark out, but I suspect I’m not missing much. The highway doesn’t go through that town anyway. 

This morning I jumped back in the drivers seat and made it to Winnipeg around noon. I’ve spent the past couple hours wandering around downtown, picking up maps from CAA, and buying a power inverter at Best Buy near the Blue Bombers stadium. Their football team has a really nice stadium!

Now I’m eating tasty peanut chicken noodles at a place called The Line Up in Winnipeg’s Exchange District. This is a neat area. I was hoping to eat at this crazy hippie/punk cafe and bookstore across the street but they didn’t have wireless internet.

Winnipeg is an interesting town. Small, and most of the buildings are the original brick buildings from way back in the day. Lots of old timey ads on the sides. It didn’t take long to explore although I realize there’s many things I’ve missed. I wouldn’t mind spending a few days here sometime to really get a feel for the city. It’s low on my list though. At least now I understand what the Weakerthans are singing about.

Once I’m finished here I’m going to hit the road again towards Kenora and see how far I make it on the way to Thunder Bay.