Saturday, September 25, 2010

From Dryden to Brandon

We left Dryden on Wednesday September 15th and travelled through Kenora, skirted Winnipeg and arrived in to Brandon after a 600 KM ride. 

Weather at Brandon
The weather was cool and over cast but it wasn't raining - yet. Along the way we were gifted with many scenes of prairie showers like this one...but they stayed off in the distance
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Hotel at Brandon
We arrived at our hotel and were pleasantly surprised by the airplane out front. 
It was to be one of a few very pleasant surprises.

 honours those who died at the Aerodrome in Paulson
The Bolingbroke Mk IV that honours those who died at the Aerodrome in Paulson MN in 1943 - it was restored as part of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum.

The great lobby of Hotel at Brandon
The gorgeous lobby made the first impression of this hotel even stronger - this was going to be a fabulous place to stay...


The service awards for customer service that this property proudly displays as a reminder to the staff and the customer why they are here - CUSTOMER SERVICE!
act for the tourist.in Brandon
Although all of the hotels had visitor information - the information here was of slightly superior quality to some - obviously the tourism bureau here understands the value of hotels as points of contact for the tourist.




Many of the Comfort Inns have BBQ areas with grills and seating - this one just has a really stellar one and had it not been so cold I think I could have enjoyed a BBQ and a gab outside.

The service and the atmosphere here was amazing and I am deeply grateful for the staff and management here - they were wonderful. Please make sure you give this location of the Comfort Inn a shot if you are in the region...they are really great at customer service and the hotel is wonderful!

Comfort Inn Brandon
925 Middleton Ave
Brandon MB R7C 1A8
(204) 727-6232
Toll Free: 1-866-958-9898

Brandon is a pretty city it is too bad that it was so over cast when we rode around the city!

Off to Cycle Boyz - Brent and Derrick Law are busier than ever at their shop - they along with a core group of rider owned businesses are the hosts of the Stoney Creek Smoker in Neepawa.










incredibly different bikes
They do some incredibly different bikes - a good volume of service work  and they play as hard as they work!

The show room is filled with all kinds of memorabilia - most of it celebrating the 40's and 50's









The unique bathroom door in the show room
CYCLE BOYZ CUSTOMS INC.
 358 Park Avenue East.
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

R7A 7A7

ph: 204-726-4641
http://www.cycleboyz.com/




Just another taste of the eccentric sense of humour and creativity of the Boyz...To stop in see what these creative and innovative thinkers do...It was great seeing Brent & Derrick - but now in the pouring, driving rain we are off to Saskatoon...

Until later...ride safe

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