There's one serious problem with living in Manitoba, and I don't mean the complete lack of good motorcycle roads: you can't get decent sake anywhere. To remedy this I have found no other alternative than to go to
Artisan Sake on Granville Island, Canada's only sake brewer, and get some. It's a bit out of the way perhaps but that's kind of the point

I'm leaving tomorrow, and I'll be updating as I go, on
http://sakerunner.tumblr.com/ , so follow along there if you're interested. I'll edit that together here later, along with some better photos (those'll be all from my iPhone, so not terrible, but it's no Pentax K20D).
Wish me luck!