Yup, that’s where we were. As I remember the weather forecasts were poor (overcast) right until a few hours before dawn. We were all prepared for a big disappointment. As it turned out, was absolutely stunning. We found a field somewhere to the west of Winnepeg to set up. It was really cold but we couldn’t care.
It was strange driving on the long, straight, flat roads. The wind blew a stream of snow across the road maybe a foot thick, just enough to obscure the road markings.
We arrived the day before and the organizer of the group said they would hire a plane to fly above the clouds if it didn’t look good. So we went to bed not knowing what to expect. Instead I guess in the morning it was forecast enough to chance viewing it from the ground so our group headed northwest to a place called Lundar where I think the Rotary or some other group had lunch for us after the show so to speak.