CJ & Autumn Miller

This morning we took Teco on a long walk around the neighborhood & left the Twin Cities around 8:30am. I admit, I slept for a good portion of our first leg until we stopped for a bathroom break. I had a craving for smoothies which landed us in a mall food court in Fargo, ND. I talked to my parents on the phone & they proceeded to tell me about how my great grandpa Schweigert owned 10,000 acres in Fargo as well as the first Ford dealership West of the Mississippi. They lost everything in the Depression & I guess that is why I've never lived in North Dakota.
Mid day today we arrived at Canadian Border Patrol. They asked us a bunch of questions about why we were moving, what was in the UHaul & how many states we have lived in. CJ filled out paperwork on our guns & everything went smoothly. We crossed into Manitoba & have been reading signs in French & English ever since.
Our original plan was to spend the night in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but from the looks of it the place was a hole. The streets were way too tight to maneuver comfortably so we continued West. Tonight we are staying in a Super 8 Hotel in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. We ate dinner at Boston Pizza & bought a iPhone radio transmitter for the truck... we need some good tunes!
We landed near here in the C-182 for Canadian sectional maps last year. We were laughing about our memories of this area today in the truck. We befriended a sick cat at the Brandon airport FBO that had eaten rodent poison & noticed ridiculous amounts of groundhogs scurrying around the runway. There is an overpopulation of groundhogs here, no joke. We've seen tons already & CJ tripped on one of their holes. So, quick summary of Manitoba: Expensive, Flat & Groundhog infested.
Total Driving Time: 8 hours