FWIW, all the above shots were taken from the front seat whilst
traversing portions of the lower third of Manitoba
Every prairie town has a Chinese restaurant and Hamiota is no
exception -- sign is on side --
The Curling Rink and (one of many) Church(es) in Selkirk just happen
to be colour
co-ordinated with the sky.............that day
The Grain Elevator from somewhere along either Hwy 16 or 45 in rural
Manitoba:
And, of course, the quinessential "leaning farm bldg" ......
When farmers head into town, they usually take the pickup truck for
work related jobs, the car for socialising .... or reversed on
occasion - depending upon which is newer ;D -- and sometimes they
don't want to back to the house (to pick up a vehicle) .... so:
With all these vehicles travelling along the roads and inhabitants of
the woods, there is bound to be the occasional interaction and it
isn't always positive which can lead
to roadkill and not everyone finds these incidents distasteful ....in
fact, for some it's
kind of like a buffet :
The other item which, IMHO, wss never a classic nor cliched subject matter ... but it
was requested
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EDIT .... pic for 8540tomg....***** .. Not quite the converging railway tracks
but the road heading into the Grain Elevator and heat rising ...
and, LASTLY .... cue applause .....The one thing that links
everything together in
the Prairies (and urban areas as well) is the .....................
ROAD:
Cheers and Criticisms / Comments, albeit positive or negative, will
gratefully read and responded to
Jack Simpson