leaving manitoba

i started to see outcroppings of canadian shield rock just after this marshy bit. i was surprisingly happy to see them. weird. i gleefully snapped some photos but they are just grey blurs. i went to the early dinner, mostly to avoid fmc and his boring and incessant droning on. as i was chatting about literacy work and community development with bonnie and alvin (?) from guelph - ahhhhh - we passed the sign that marks the border between manitoba and ontario. there was an announcement and the diners broke out in applause. i thought that was a bit odd. manitoba seems perfectly lovely to me.