Glenn did a great job organizing each day’s adventure. Today we toured the Depot where all Royal Canadian Mounted Police are trained. The visitor center:
We boarded a people-mover for the tour of Depot. Glenn worked as a carpenter at Depot for over 30 years and volunteers as a people-mover driver.
Beyond the parking area is Depot. No picture-taking allowed.
No trip to Canada would be complete without a stop at Tim Horton’s.
Wheatwyn Church where Glenn went to Sunday school and where both my parents were confirmed. The yellow field is canola, the green is field peas.
Cousin Gordon drove down from Melfort.
Behind the church, the well-tended cemetery.
The graves of my grandparents, Sophia’s great-great-grandparents, Ludwig and Julanna Manz.
Next stop, the Manz family farm now run by cousins Donald and Reg. My mother, the fourth born of 6 children, was the first to be born in the house in 1918. Donald and wife Marcia live here. Glenn brought cinnamon rolls and coffee.
Cousin Gordon drove down from Melfort. Our next stop would be the gray barn in the background, the structure built before the house.
In the loft, many birds chirping, piles of bird droppings.
The sons of Johnny, my mother’s younger brother. Glenn, Gordon, Reg, and Donald, plus Justin. Reg and Donald farm 22 sections of land (about 3500 acres). Some owned by them, others leased. They grow canola, flax, wheat. They also have small herd of cattle. Justin is 3 years younger than Reg and has gone up there to help with the harvest a few times (and loves it), so now he’s sort of like their youngest (adopted) brother.
From there, we drove to Southey
where Glenn’s younger sister lives with her husband Les. We had dinner in their backyard.
Another wonderful family get-together. Thank you Angela and Les! Tammy & Reg, Angela holding grandson Brooks & Les, Marcia & Donald, Gordon, Glenn:
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