I took the bulk of the day off from work. After breakfast, L and I headed into town for some supplies and to visit the Assiniboia and District Museum.
It’s quite small, but the exhibits are interesting, especially if you have a farm boy like L on hand who can further explain the farm equipment to you. I enjoyed the small exhibits showing early 20th century scenes like a barbershop, general store, and dentist’s office, but my favourite bit was the classic car display. For $5, the Assiniboia museum is a great way to kill an hour or two.
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- The entrance to the Assiniboia museum.
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- Notice the telephone poles in this scene of covered wagons and teepees?
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- Box for carrying 120 eggs.
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- The collection plate in the church exhibit had a collection in it.
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- L and I both had the same thought: this churn looks like my washing machine!
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- Cute stove.
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- Amphibious car.
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- You can see the prop for the car. Notice that the tailpipe is high up.
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- Flotation devices in the back seat.
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- This reminded me of Donna and Ken’s truck Pepe.
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- Model T Ford with a camper conversion!
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- All there is inside is the popup bunk.
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- Letter dated June of 1980 giving the museum permission to display a still.
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- Lots of wonderful old cars.
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- My Barbies had a trunk like this. 🙂
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- Prince Charles visited Assiniboia in 2001.
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- Old rusted oil puller.
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- Old maintained oil puller.
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- Homemade lawn mower with a wooden steering wheel.
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- Sometime later, at the Fields store, I come across these very Canadian faux-fur lined Crocs.
After the museum, we headed out to lunch. Caroline had warned us against going to 121 Steakhouse, but L wanted to form his own opinion so we went there. Service wasn’t great, but the food was good! L started with a French onion soup that was a 9/10, followed by fish ‘n chips. My chicken and bacon club with yam fries really hit the spot. I’d go there again.
We also did some window shopping at The Bargain Shop!, Fields, and the Sally Ann.
Not a very exciting day by big city standards, but it was plenty of fun for simple folks like us. 😀