Manitoba Review

Hmm what do I say about Manitoba? After the Yukon, it's the place in Canada I am most familiar with. Well, here's my thoughts on a few weeks spent on a bicycle in my second homeland.

Days spent in Manitoba: 16
Rest days: 9
Kilometers pedalled: ~ 680
Days spent in headwind: only 2 yayyyyyy
Max temperature experienced on the bicycle: +46 (with humidex, while shopping in Winnipeg)
Average daily high (with humidex): +32

Best baking: Arborg Bakery
Best beer: Trans Canada Brewing, incredible variety, tasty pizza and friendly staff. Excellent on all fronts.
Best Campground: Probably Minnedosa, but the Provincial Park campground at Winnipeg Beach is also really nice and affordable.
Best small town: Probably Arborg? I was delirious with heat a lot so memories are hazy

Good impressions: Lots of wildflowers in the ditches, and towns were generally better than in Saskatchewan. Municipal campgrounds were generally nicer and located away from train tracks. The bugs were not bad at all, which surprised me.

Bad impressions: THE ROADS. Good luck finding a paved shoulder in Manitoba, and if you enter a town or city, be prepared for your poor bicycle to take a beating from the potholes and heaves.
Manitoba has yet to discover the concept of rest stops as well, so I was forced to take a lot of breaks basically standing on the side of the road. Just now realizing that visitor info centers were strangely rare too.
Also, it's difficult to find good coffee in Manitoba. At least there's microbreweries now.

Final comments:
Not a terrible place to ride a bicycle, aside from the road conditions. Would have been more enjoyable if the temperature had been about 10 degrees cooler each day. Better than Saskatchewan at least.