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Prairie Dog Central RR in Manitoba I left my Stonewall campground and found my way to Inkster Boulevard in Winnepeg with no trouble at all. A sweet trainman was in the parking lot and suggested I turn around and park behind a tour bus, which he guided me in doing. Packed my pack, got my ticket, and got on board! Pat, a friendly porter, came to chat with me. He thinks maybe he’s heard the “Chew Gum” song: My mama gave me a quarter to tip the porter, but I didn’t tip the porter; I just bought chew gum! But he’s definitely familiar with our local tourist trains, especially the Georgetown Loop and the Durango-Silverton. He told me he worked for the railroad for 40 years before retiring. We drove through what the commentary calls “rich farmlands,” though most of it is under water, I fear. The lovely yellow flowers in the fields are canola, which is where (drum roll, please) grapeseed oil comes from, because the plant is also known as grapeseed. And here I’ve been envisioning people extracting and then squeezing the teeny-tiny seeds from grapes! In Grosse Isle (short o, not long), we had a two-hour layover, during Share This Blog:
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hail, the mighty hunter!
Hello world!
Trust
Trust …
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