The morning was cold with a temperature of 12C, so hot coffee and tea was very welcome. We stopped at Poor Michael’s Emporium which has pretty much everything except for the kitchen sink. Here you’ll find books, records, clothing, jewelry, arts and crafts, coffee, pastries, etc. The store was packed with people and merchandise.

As we drove to Portage La Praire, the hills and trees slowly gave way to vast fields and meadows with some rows of trees planted to reduce the wind. Adjacent to the highway were railway lines and we were in awe of the several kilometre long trains pulled by two or three locomotives.

Portage La Praire has a Residential School Museum that we wanted to visit, but it wasn’t open on Sunday, so we spent the day in town and will visit the museum tomorrow.

We drove to the Island Park and walked around a bit enjoying the beautiful trees and water fountains. Lots of people were out having picnics and swimming at the waterpark.

The Prairie City Cinema provided the evening’s entertainment in the form of a foul-mouthed pack of dogs in the movie “Strays”.