Along the way I’m encountering numerous new flavors of water, from clorine to mold to egg. Why hasn’t anyone thought of bottling a series of Canadian city tap waters! It would be the equivalent of Bertie Bot Jelly Bellies… Yuck.

I was curious recently about the “flavor” of Winnipeg’s water. How had it become so strong? I’m not a fan of buying water; it seems to be a resource that shouldn’t have to be purchased. Like air! I came across the Water & Waste section of winnipeg.ca and was quite shocked:

“Do we meet the Canadian drinking water quality guidelines?
Yes, most of them. There are more than 80 guidelines for drinking water quality. Winnipeg supplies good quality drinking water, and usually meets these guidelines. However, we are not always able to meet the guidelines for turbidity, odour and trihalomethanes (TRY-hal-oh-meth-aynes).”

Read more about trihalomethanes and it’s “possible link” to cancer HERE.

Then last week in Winnipeg, several homes were flooded with wastewater. Click HERE to read an article describing the situation:

Now tell me I’m going crazy, PLEASE, but does this mean what I think it means?!

“…a city crew that had been working on a nearby pumping station apparently failed to reopen a gate that would have allowed wastewater to flow into the Assiniboine River.”

No wonder our water tastes like sh*t.

In other news, I must reiterate that I absolutely adore my job. There are bad days, and there are good days, and it was a good day here in Revelstoke at the Hillcrest Hotel. Beautiful view, beautiful room, beautiful food. I’m so grateful to Chantal for hosting me tonight; I can’t wait to come back!

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We specifically asked for a room WITHOUT a jacuzzi…
The things we have to put up with on the road!
:)