Morden and Winkler

More country road driving today for the second geo art we will complete tomorrow. 

About half of the 60 caches we went after were in steep ditches. (Ditches are bitches in Manitoba, too!) sometimes it was just easier to lay on the ground and reach. 

We passed a field of what I thought were potato plants. 

It looks like a potato plant. 

Yup. White Yukon potatoes. 

We stopped at a Historical Site this morning. This spot is believed to be the first Mennonite Church in Manitoba. 

The hockey rink in Winkler. 

Xiphactinus

An ancient toothed predatory fish

Mosasaur

Bruce the Mosasaur is the largest mosasaur in the world. His original skeleton is housed in Morden at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Center. 

Archelon 

Giant sea turtle fossils also found in Manitoba and on display in the discovery center. I hope I have the time to get to the fossil center before we leave the area. 

And a couple of the cute traditional caches we found with names we remember from our younger days. The containers were hidden very cleverly. They put a smile on our faces. 

The flower photos are from Bethel Heritage Park in Winkler, site of the original Bethal Hospital. A new regional hospital was built west of Winkler.