We arrived home last Thursday. Since then it has been as series of chores: unpacking the vehicle, putting away and storing our ski clothes, taking down Christmas decorations and lights, sorting mail, and outdoor cleanup (which includes piling firewood into the woodshed).

I'll give a short summary of our drive home, since my last blog post. The whole drive was very good, with dry roads and no snow or rain. We were fortunate to have crossed the prairies before the blizzards that hit.

_B0A9592 This photo I made just west of Winnipeg, to illustrate the prairie landscape. No, we did not travel this road. The Trans-Canada highway is somewhat better, most of the time. We then stopped in Winnipeg for a visit to the Museum of Human Rights.

_02A4269 If you are in Winnipeg, I would certainly recommend a visit to this museum. The displays of past violations of human rights and progress in ensuring these situations do not recur, in Canada and around the world, are exceptionally well presented. And the building is an architectural masterpiece.

_02A4226 Photographically, I was drawn to make numerous graphic images of walkways that take visitors from floor to floor, all seven of them.

_02A4275 As we got closer to Ontario we seemed to be coming back to winter, with snow patches and frozen lakes, including the bays along the north shore of Lake Superior. This photo I made at Red Rock, on Superior's north shore.

_02A4286 This photo is at Pancake Bay of Lake Superior, just north of Sault Ste. Marie. We stopped near here to visit with Denise and Dave MacGillivry, whose home is on the big lake. Thanks to them for a wonderful dinner, great bed and breakfast. Next stop was in Elliot Lake, and then home.