We left the Morden campground in the morning and headed for Hwy 2 which we felt had some more promising sightseeing. Our first stop was St. Claude which our guide sheet said had the largest tobacco pipe at 19 feet long.

The Gaol museum didn’t open for another 30 minutes so we thought we’d visit The Dairy Museum of Manitoba and come back later. Little did we know that wasn’t going to happen today!

The dairy museum features exhibits that explain how dairy farming, milk production and cream separation was done over the years. It starts with the global cow.

Our amazing guide, Robert, was extremely knowledgable and spent many hours showing us the artifacts and additional exhibits on the history of the town, the school, businesses and railway station.

While we were in the school, we learned that Robert had also been a teacher and Ruth talked about having worked with the Hutterite teachers in Manitoba during her Goethe time. One of Ruth’s old contacts turned out to be a close friend of Robert’s and her colony was only 15 minutes away. Robert said he would see whether he could arrange a visit that evening.

Prior to visiting the Hutterite colony, Robert gave us a tour of the church in St. Claude. It is a very modern style church was many angles and hidden windows. Certainly not to be missed.

The drive to the Hutterite colony featured exciting weather with a torrential downpour and hail but we made it to a warm Hutterite home with tea, cake and wonderful conversation.