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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

June 18 'Three Hour Tour' through Stonewall


This trip started with an invitation to Mystery Shop a location in Stonewall, MB. Of course I accepted. I also added on Woodlands and St Laurent to the tour.
Our itinerary this time around had us in Woodlands before noon but we had to be in Stonewall after lunch. That worked out fine. It was a three hour round trip adventure. We left just after 10:00am and were in Woodlands by 11:00am. Then a quick trip up to St Laurent and back again as far as Warren and on to Stonewall. We got into Stonewall in good time. Its good to plan the trip keeping in mind the time one arrives at each location. If you get there too late, you don't get paid for the shop. If you get there too early, then you have to entertain yourself. So plan the entertainment stops along the way. You don't want to get stuck in Boring-Town for two hours, trying to kill time.
The road up to Woodlands and St Laurent has always been quite a rough road. The last time we were on Hwy #6 we saw some construction to the side. We didn't pay a lot of attention to it, but wondered what exactly they were up to. Then we were on the highway, going along #6. And it was smooth, very oddly smooth. We were on a new stretch of highway, the one we saw on April 29th. Even when we travel the same roads, sometimes they are not the same.
We didn't get any pictures on this trip, sorry.

Travels in Manitoba during the month of April


To do this properly I am going to have to back track a bit. I have already done some travelling since beginning my Mystery Shopping career back in February of this year.
The first trip I took was April 11-12. I started off going to Gimli, Manitoba and staying overnight at Winnipeg Beach. The next day I went on to Grandview and Gilbert Plains. I took the scenic route over the narrows.
The next stop was Neepawa. I was there the day after a murder took place in that small town. The police were still parked around the "crime scene" and police tape was surrounding the house.

After Neepawa, I went to Portage La Prairie, then back home.
The next day I was back out. I went back to Neepawa to grab another Mystery Shop. Then I stopped off in Portage La Prairie again for a few more shops.
To round off the month of April I took two more small trips. The first was on the 18th when I went back to Portage La Prairie. The second was to the town of St. Laurent.