BRANDON MANITOBA

Brandon is Manitoba's second largest city with a population of about 43,000. It is known as the Wheat city because of all the grains that grow in the area. It is situated on the Assiniboine River, and is a very clean and pleasant city. The air museum was actually the training center for British fighter pilots during WWII. The trainees came from all over the British commonwealth including India and Malta. US troops also trained and served with the Canadians until we entered into the war. Also some continued to serve and retire from the Canadian Air Force, it was very interesting.
The gardens were beautiful and really benefited from the recent stretch of warm weather. It had been in the 70's (around 20 degrees C) until our arrival in Canada 2 days ago, now in the 40's & 50's

A KIND OF UNIQUE WIND SOCK
COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN MUSEUM

WW II TRAINING AIRCRAFT AND TURRET

THE RIVER DISCOVERY CENTER - HOME OF DUCKS UNLIMITED, CANADA

ELEANOR KIDD MEMORIAL GARDENS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST DAY FOR THIS FLOWER AS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE FROST TONIGHT

CHAINSAW CARVINGS MADE FROM BROKEN TREES

BEAUTIFUL HANGING BASKETS

OUR WAGONMASTER COUPLE TERRY & BARRY SERVING US A LITE SNACK THAT THEY PREPARED