We have been caught by lots of freight trains...and something which I only thought of when driving...the summer season of road works. It is also the season of rail works. Makes sense.
We must be over 4 hours late. But...once we start moving again, they believe we can still get to Winnipeg on time! Wonder how fast the train will go, once we start moving...
We were able to get out & stretch our legs at the Saskatoon rail station. Train now about 6 hours late. But glad we got out. Suspect we won’t be in Winnipeg until...well...after bedtime. So no walking there.
Sioux Lookout...now that was supposed to be around 6am. Stopping for just under an hour. Perhaps we’ll be able to get out then. Be interesting to see how much we’ll have caught up. Currently, still west of Winnipeg...about 5.5 hours late.
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At school, I had many wonderful teachers. They gave the greatest gift of all: The desire to keep learning.
One will get special mention here: Mrs McRae. She taught english in senior school. Doesn’t matter what grade. But she was trying to get across the concept of “magnitude”. I didn’t get it. She said...Think of the magnitude of the skies on the Prairies. I’d never seen them. Not until this morning.
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| Prairies: Magnitude of the skies |
Thank you, Mrs McRae. I get it, now.
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