Flintabbity Flonatin

Sunday night we arrived in Flin Flon, the town where Luke was born. Flin Flon got its name from a character in a book, who built a submarine and went deep into the earth mining. His name was Josiah Flintabbity Flonatin, and there is a giant statue of him in town. The main industry is mining, and the population varies with how well mining is doing. Mining in the area begin in the 1920`s, and the main building period for homes was in the 1940`s. Many of the homes around were built during this time, and are built close together on very rocky land, with narrow streets winding through town.

A lot of Luke`s family still lives here, and we got to do a lot of visiting! We stayed with Luke`s cousin Kenny, who picked us up from Prince Albert, and spent one night out at Kenny`s cabin. It was really great to give our bodies a bit of a break from cycling, and lazing around at the cabin was a perfect way to do it.

Tonight (Friday) we are driving to The Pas, where we will catch a train (at 3am) heading to Winnipeg. Because our original plan was to follow along the US/Canada border and weather forced us up north, we have fallen a bit behind on our schedule. Taking the train to Winnipeg, and cycling on from there will help us to make up a little lost time.