Day two of the return trip from the CoCoFest started off to a bit of a bumpy start as Fargo got slammed with a winter storm overnight and it was still continuing in the morning. Fortunately, the bulk of the weather was south of Fargo and I drove out of the worst of the weather by time I got to Grand Forks and by time I got to the Manitoba border, there was nothing to speak of weather wise although it was quite windy. I had no trouble with customs coming back across the border so I made good time in to Headingly.
I stopped for lunch at the Husky at Headingly. On the way out, I picked up a couple of hitchhikers who had been basically stranded in Winnipeg for two days on account of nobody wanting to pick them up. I do have to admit it made the trip from Winnipeg to Regina go a lot faster. I dropped them at the Husky in Regina and then went on to the hotel.
Turns out it’s a lot warmer here than it was in Brandon (both going and coming). I near froze both times filling the gas tank. It doesn’t help that they’ve removed the latches so you have to hold the pump lever continuously to fill the tank. Still, they have pay at the pump there now so it’s quite quick to get in and out of there.
With the time change on the way west, it’s only 7PM right now so I have lots of time to kill before hitting the hay. I expect I’ll be able to figure something to do with the time. I do admit it is nice not to be rushed on a trip like this.