Does anybody live in Manitoba?

I don't think I have been anywhere with so much space and so few people to fill it.  I have ridden something like 360 miles through Manitoba today and I've seen about 4 houses, 10 cars and a dozen people.  Some of this Province is really beautiful, the picture below is of the lake just outside Flin Flon at 6.30 this morning

The roads are those classic never ending roads that just flow into the distance and for hours this morning there was nobody on it except for Gary, myself and John and Marion

Andy, Tony, Dave, Jackie and Paul left a little later than us but did a stop off at Dawson Lake for a look see

Some of the roads were a bit like being on a roller coaster.  Nice new tarmac and you would come over the brow of a hill to see 4 miles in front of you into a dip and up the other side.  At one point I did actually raise my arms and scream because I just couldn't resist it.  The following shots are from Johns HeadCam of Gary and I riding

Miles and miles of it, what a brilliant day.  It was hard work though and needed a few breaks

We arrived in Russell early afternoon to find a lovely motel with very handy parking

and a nice front patio to share with the neighbours

We do have to make sure we check the bikes over at the end of the day and clean then up a little bit.  The dead dragonflies smell awful if you leave them to burn the next day