A blog for the Eastern Beaches of Lake Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada
On September 5th this year Natasha Smith of the Beaches Half-Marathon will host the first ever Walk’n’Bike-a-thon as a friendly season-ending event for the community. Twill be a 5k walk, a quarter marathon walk and a half-marathon bike ride, starting at Charlie Wall Park in Hillside Beach. The entry fee is $20 OR if you [...]
The extreem Windchill warning for our area continues. The only consolation is that we have far more snow on the ground than Winnipeg. All you snowmobilers out there. Take your vehicles up to the Lake!
I also like Winter though. I guess you have to, if you want to spend any kind of time in Manitoba.
I made a few pictures of Winter in Hillside Beach, so you can maybe understand why I like it.
I was surprised to see the first people ice fishing on the Red River just past Selkirk Manitoba. I hadn’t thought that the ice was thick enough yet.
The South Beach Casino is famous across Manitoba for its clean atmosphere and now for the neu luxurious hotel beside it. It is situated on the Broken Head Reserve in Scanterbury along Hwy 59.
Some pictures.
For tonight there has been a Green-thumb alert, a frost warning, for parts of Manitoba.
This will probably not affect the beaches area due to warmth from the Lake, but if you have sensitive plants you might want to prepare none the less.
Now the price for a barrel of crude oil has gone down below $ 100 – that’s almost 50% down from its peak. The price for gasoline went up by almost 15 cents overnight!
OK, I finally found the answer:
The Idle Thyme Restaurant now closes at 2 pm on weekdays.
The Traverse Bay Store closes at 7 pm on weekdays
The Hillside Beach Store will stay open till 8pm and close its kitchen at 7:30 pm during the week.
Saffies in Albert Beach will stay open till 8 pm during the week.