We arrived in Winnipeg in the evening after leaving Riding Mountain National Park. We parked the camper after doing a driving tour of the city. On Day 16, which was August 28, we hit up the Forks, which is a National Historic site as well as a market. We walked around the Historic Site, and then across the Red River to St. Boniface Cathedral and Cemetery. It was Sunday, and they were having mass, but that didn't stop us from poking around. Beautiful old cathedral and cemetery, which is obviously still used today. After that, we walked back across the river to the Forks Market.

They have a lot of interesting foods at the Market. We sampled a few of the booths and went to grab some coffee and give Eli some food. What occurred next will forever be known as The Second (and greater) Coffee Incident of 2010. This was when Eli decided it would be a good idea to grab Char's steaming hot decaf single-shot 12-oz caramel latte (extra sugar) and dump it all over himself and Char, creating clever patterns with the stains.

If you don't like screaming babies, I wouldn't recommend dumping coffee on one. Boy, Eli went nuts. As it turned out, no one was burned, everyone was OK, Eli had a change of clothes, and Char likes wearing wet jeans. (Well, that's all true except the part about Char and the wet jeans.) So, we browsed around the mall a little bit more, and then went home.

That evening, we had a great dinner at Earl's, where pints of beer are 17 oz! That's what I call a pint! Eli had fun there, and we all enjoyed what they call their "Pan Bread", which is like a ciabatta, but cooked in a pan--good stuff.

The next day, we spent a good deal of time at the Manitoba Museum. It is a very well done museum, and includes a life-sized replica of the Nonsuch, the ship that sailed from England to the Hudson Bay to trade furs that eventually started the Hudson Bay Company. The Hudson Bay Company had the ship built in 1968 as part of their 300 year anniversary celebration. It sailed for four summers in the Hudson, Atlantic, and Pacific before they donated it to the museum. Very cool.

We left out of Winnipeg this morning, and after a loooong drive, ended up in Thunder Bay late this evening. We're going to explore Thunder Bay tomorrow and leave here on Thursday.