 Sir Weasel, time for another day. Are you excited? Oh, fantastic. Looks like we got a nice fresh layer of snow to just barely cover up the sheet of ice that's in our backyard. It's making it twice as slippery. Fantastic. Still gonna be a good day. As long as I don't fall and break my head open. You should probably be wearing my helmet back here. It is pretty slippery. Any of you guys vacuum your couches. It's actually our coach covers. So we actually wash our coach covers and we vacuum them. I think it's stuck up sometimes. There we go. You know, like dogs don't even live here. Britt had a few things to do today herself. I'm going out on an adventure. I'm taking you with me. All of us. We are going to see a few sites north of Winnipeg. One is in St. Andrews. One is in Selkirk. And if we make it up there, we might start there first because it's further away. Scannerbury. These are drive-in sites where you just drive in, take a picture. So first thing, let's go to Scannerbury first. It's a giant red and white chair. Holy excitement. This is part of the 101 Roadside Attractions in Manitoba Challenge. I call it 102 Roadside Attractions because I added them in a night landing site in St. Agath. We went and saw that a few days ago. So, we're already in Winnipeg here. I'm on my way. I got the weasel with me. It's my adventure, buddy. We are about 45 minutes away yet. Okay. Without further ado, let's go see a big chair. So we're going up to do the far one first. It's about 35 minutes from here. It's about 55 kilometers, 32 miles or so, something like that. These sites are getting further and further away from home. Like I said, we're starting off with the close ones, right? Got those out of the way. And now they're getting a little further and further, turning into little day trips, you know, our little afternoon trips already. To get them all done, we're going to have to go on a few overnighters. Not sure when we'll get that all done, but I am really looking forward to going up to Churchill, Manitoba. I've always wanted to go up there and see the polar bears. We're probably going to take the train up there and once all of these restrictions and lockdowns have been eased and things get a little better, probably head up there. That'll be a fun trip. I've always wanted to take a train ride, like through the wilderness like that. And the only way you can get up there is by train, unless if you go over the winter roads in winter or by plane. I'm hoping to do that sometime next year. For South Beach Casino, I can still remember when they built that. I remember when they built this too. Waivers, there's got to wave when you go by. Is everybody waving? Are you waving? I wonder how the casinos are doing with this whole lockdown situation. That must just be killing them. That's the second person I've seen today with their Christmas tree on backwards. Karen, I'm talking here. They had their Christmas tree on backwards. So they have the pointy part facing forward so that when they drive, all of the branches get ripped off by the wind. Why do you do that? Oh, there's the chair. So we're here at the Broken Head Community Store. Your destination is on the right. No, actually, it's right in front of me. But thanks, Karen. Broken Head Community Store here. And the flags are at half-mast here. We're half-staff. I wonder what happened. Oh, under Wagon Park. I want to go walk over to it. Can't drive all the way there. Well, we definitely weren't the only ones going to look at it. There she is. That's our big chair. What does it say on there? This big lawn chair, which was made and donated by John Baer, is in memory of Nelson Star, aka John Bunn, who entered the spirit world July 30th, 2007. Nathan was one of two waivers that stood along Highway 59 and waved to passing vehicles on their way to the beaches or their summer cottages. Nelson stood alongside his brother, James Star, and were known as the waivers of Broken Head. Nelson spent a lot of hot summer days standing or sitting in his favorite chair, waving at passing vehicles. Many people stopped to say hello or offered him a bottle of water or even a special treat for him to enjoy. So with this big chair, the legacy of the waivers of Broken Head, Ojibwe Nation, lives on. That's a big chair. Look at me, beside it. That's my hand on here. See, we're on First Nation land here, I believe, Ojibwe. And Lake Winnipeg is a little ways over that way, but we're close. So there's a lot of cottages around here. I never knew that. I guess that's why that gas station over there was called waivers because of the people who stood along the highway here waving at the cottagers. I never knew. It's definitely colder here already and we're just a couple of hours north of where we live. We've got a lot more snow here than we do. Like a big chair, man. It's a very big one. It looks big for a weasel. I sit on it just like this. So one side off the list, this one was the furthest away yet of where we've gone. This was about 115 kilometers from home or about 65 miles or so. So not too far, we've got a big province. We're still in Southern Manitoba, but we're north of Winnipeg. I don't know if this would be considered the interlake. If it is, it would be like the southern tip of the interlake. The interlake is the land between the lakes, like Winnipeg, Lake Manitoba. And like this, a lot of First Nations reserves spread out between here. And this one, what did I say? It was an Ojibwe nation. Most First Nations out in our area are either Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, or Cree. I think those are the three biggest ones. And then I think there's a few other smaller ones, maybe out west. Not sure, but hey, we're all Canadian now. It's all one nation now. Coast to coast to coast. All right, so I guess the next one is, where's my phone? I almost forgot to take a picture. I had to come back and get my phone so I can get my picture. I think the next one is down, is it Selkirk? Yes, it's in Selkirk, it's that big catfish. I don't know why they have a big statue of a catfish right in their town, but we're gonna go find out. I used to deliver Pepsi. That was my first real truck driving job and I would deliver around Manitoba. And the last time I was up here was when I was delivering Pepsi. Take the next right onto Kinson Road, Manitoba 212 North. We're just coming into Selkirk here right now. You know, the memories flood back. Some of them are good, some of them not so good. I mean, the people were all right. Manitoba 212 North for four kilometers. But the work, it worked was hard. And the hours, it was long hours. It was a good job. It was a good job, good benefits. It was a union job and, you know, it was good pay. And I liked it. So coming up here now, I'm like, wow, I remember when I delivered Pepsi there. Oh, I remember when I brought Pepsi over there. It was a pretty fun job. It kept me in shape, that's for sure. Sometimes I miss it, most times I don't. Beautiful little town up here in Selkirk. Do any of you know anyone in Selkirk? It's north of Winnipeg. It's along the Red River, but it's where the Red River has widened already because it's already had the Yacinaboyan River and Rat River join it and the Sain River. And it's a pretty powerful river at this point already, headed up to Lake Winnipeg. You don't want to fall in early, the currents can really suck you under. And it's one of my greatest fears actually is falling through the ice on the river. That's why I don't go on the river in winter. I did it once on the snowmobile. And I've heard stories of people falling through the ice and the current is so strong under the ice that once you go through, you're done. You're carried before you even realize you're underwater. You're like 50, 100 feet down the river under the ice and no one knows where you are. And you're done, you're done. That is a death sentence. So riding down the Red River can be very dangerous. I would not recommend it to anyone, but a lot of people are adventure seekers. That's a beautiful church back there, right? And a lot of people like that kind of rush, you know? It's not for me. I don't know, I kind of like this life I got. I only get one. I'm trying not to lose it over something silly, you know? Trying, my best. Really cool, this is all in my province. There's so much more here than you realize, especially if you're not from here and you just pass through in the trans-Canada all the time. There's actually quite a bit going on here. We got a lot to be proud of here. But that doesn't mean we're not a flyover province. People still fly over us to go from, you know, the big fancy, fancy cities like Toronto to Calgary or Toronto to Vancouver or Edmonton. We're just the Manitobans that nobody talks about. But hey, that's cool, it's home. It's right there in front of Smitties. Look at that thing, eh? Your destination is on the right. In our windows we can see out. No, it's not on the right, it's straight in front of us. It's up with Karen. You can see someone else was here recently too. There's other people doing this challenge, obviously. They're gonna beat me. There it is. She's a begging. What's it say down here? Says, place to honor the memory of Chuck Norquay who through his love of fishing, the Red River successfully promoted Selkric and District as the catfish capital of the world. November 10th, 1955 to August 18th, 1993. God rest his beautiful soul. So Selkric is the catfish capital of the world, who knew? Now you know, I didn't know that either. What does this say? Landed in Selkric in May 1986, Chuck, the channel cat, is dedicated to good sport and good fishing. This is Chuck. I'm gonna call him Big Chuck. This is huge. If you're looking for him in Selkric, he's right in front of Smitty's restaurant. Diesel, we learned something new again, man. Selkric's the catfish capital of the world. The whole world, man. Right here. Congratulations, Selkric. Nato, what's next? The next one, we got one more on the way back since St. Andrew's. And I think this is just the St. Andrew bison. I think it's just a bison statue in a field by the river. Ooh, it's along a very nice crescent, though. A nice down river road. A lot of nice homes down that area, man. If you live in this area and you got a little bit of those fancy paper rectangles, if you got a lot of them, you probably have a house in this area. What are you dingin' for now? What now? This thing's always dingin', I never even know what it's notifying me of. I feel so old. Why are you making noises? All right, let's go pretend we're rich and drive down river road. Yeah, it's definitely lower Fort Gary that's out here. It's like a heritage site. We'll have to do another round of that. Once we see all these roadside attractions, maybe we'll do the heritage sites in Manitoba. That'd be pretty cool. It's one of the very first forts along the river here and it's got all the old school walls around it and stuff as a trading fort, I think, or something. It was built by the British or the French. I don't know, we'd have to go there and find out. But yeah, it's lower Fort Gary because the river flows this way from Winnipeg. So it would be lower. Eh, we'll have to make a day of that yet. That's it right there. That's lower Fort Gary. Hard to see from here, but we'll save it for another day. It'll be a lot of fun to go check that out. I think the weasel deserves to stretch his legs just a little bit. Hold on, it is an unfamiliar area so I'm just gonna put you up on your lead here. There you go. Okay, I don't want you going running into that traffic over there, but you do need to stretch your legs a little bit. Come on, bud. Come on, my little adventure buddy. Definitely colder up in Selkirk than in Steinback. Not even that much further north, but you can feel it. It's colder. Then you get these massive houses over here yet. Wow, wow, that is nice. We're not on River Road yet. Lower Fort Gary is actually right across the road over there. So we just pulled off here to let him out. Let him stretch his legs a little bit. Give ourselves a little breather. I think I got quite a bit of footage today. I'm happy about that. The last couple of days, I haven't gotten much. So today you're getting a full length feature. No, full length feature presentation. I don't know. It's a longer vlog. I like these. I love looking back on these and remembering where we went. Good boy, Weasel. Okay, okay, come on. Up, up, up, up. Up, up, up. Good boy. Good boy. It's a little cold up here, man. It's cold on your paws. We don't want to leave you out there too long. Such a good boy. Everybody loves you. Everybody watching right now. They're watching because of you. You're the star, man. And apparently it's only minus seven Celsius. So we got a long way down yet. Lots to look forward to. We better get to this bison before the sun completely disappears. We're not gonna be able to see it at all. We have arrived. River Road. No idea why they called it River Road. Couldn't be that there's a river right there. Couldn't be it. It's not it. Definitely not it. So these are all river lots. Riverfront property. Continue on Manitoba 238 South for three kilometers. See how big the river is here? These people. Living in style. Tell you what, that is awesome. I love this road. If anyone asks, we live here. Okay, Diesel, our host is just around the corner. It's the biggest one. Okay. Ask Santa, he's right there. I think he was moving. That display was moving. It was actually Santa's sleigh was floating. That was weird. That was cool. Cool, weird, but cool. I don't even wanna know what the property taxes would be here. I guess we should know. Hey Diesel, we live here. Right? Yeah, that's right. That's right, yeah, this is our road. Definitely, definitely. Biggest house. Oh, definitely. Everyone knows it, right? It's tremendous. It's huge. Absolutely gorgeous. Watch out there, Mr. Chevy. This is my neighborhood. Watch out. You know, I make all kinds of smar-alloc comments and stuff, but I'm really happy for the people that live here. You know, they've worked hard. They've worked hard, and you know, they've achieved their goals. Good for them. Maybe one day we'll have a real house down here. Probably though, more south of the city. I don't have any family up on this side of the city, and we don't have any family history here either. So my family history ties me to southeast Manitoba. I like it there. I feel at home there, you know? And plus, who would want such a big house? You know, you gotta take care of it then. Imagine heating those houses. You don't just gotta take care of it. You gotta keep it warm in the wintertime, too. Look at this guy's Christmas lights here. Is that frosty out front? Did every tree? We would go a little slower, but I got Mr. Chevy behind me, wanting me to give her a bit more. No sight seeing for us. These are a little further off the river, but it's still nice. It's getting a little dark out to see them. They've got a whole screened-in porch right up on top. I bet that's their master bedroom. Wow, that's a good idea for when we build our house. I'm gonna turn around on these people's driveway and make them all nervous. Watch this. Don't you hate it when people do this? Look at that. It's for sale. Anybody want it? Wow. Now that's a house. All right, Diesel. Looks like I'm gonna get out of here before they come running out here. Who are you? Who do you want? Buy my house. No, I can't buy your house. I could maybe buy your garage. I'll take the garage. How about that? I probably couldn't even afford the garage. Look at that. This is beautiful. Beautiful. Look at that garage. It has a big window in it. 300 meters. Turn to 238 south. Quiet, Karen. I'm dreaming. Don't interrupt me. I came down this road to get rid of that Chevy, so that he wasn't right behind me because we're probably gonna have to go pretty slow to find this bison. Hopefully we can find it in the dark. All right, so we're almost there. There's a river right there. And it should be right in here. Oh, is it even lit up? A little light here. I think this is where it is. It's the next one. Let's pass this. Where's the bison? Oh, there he is. He's got a light on him. Yeah. Your destination is on the right. There he is. Can you see him? He's just hanging out in the field there, but he has a little light on him. No plaque or anything. Came all the way here to see you, buddy. I'd like to go closer to him, but I think this is someone's private property. There's a big old fancy house back there. I'm guessing that big old fancy bison belongs to them. That's pretty cool, though. Obviously that has to do with the heritage of the province. Long, long ago. Millions and millions of bison roamed the prairies west of here. Not anymore. Bit of a sad story, actually, for another time. Cool. That wraps it up for today.