Sudbury to Thunder Bay

June 3 to 6
Sudbury to Thunder Bay.
Starting out on a trip like this seemed no different than any of our other excursions. We had been through northern Ontario before so the first several days were familiar. The big difference is that we have made no reservations and no promises to ourselves about how far we shall drive, if at all, in any one day. We have a very comfortable sense of freedom, and all we know is that we will be home around the beginning of September.

Did you know that Wawa is about half-way from Toronto to the Manitoba border? Just about 1000 km for each leg. Tim Horton’s place in Wawa was a busy place. Every fisherman with truck and boat on trailer stopped there for coffee and a donut. The entrance to the parking lot had a sign – only visible after we turned in - which said “No Trailers” ! Brilliant. Fortunately we were between waves of visiting fishermen and were just able to make a tight u-turn at the far end, park briefly, and then leave before the next group from Michigan arrived.

The drive west along the north shore of Lake Superior is beautiful, parts of it spectacular. The closer we got to Thunder Bay, the more we saw of that giant lake; it holds more water than the rest of the Great Lakes combined! There are hills that we think must provide great practice for what was to come later. We arrived Thunder Bay on Sunday and stopped at the tourist information, up on a hill with a view over the city of 118,000 people. The Terry Fox memorial is a magnificent tribute to his valiant fight which ended a few km. east of this location. He had completed 3300 km of his cross-country run from St. Johns, Newfoundland; more than half of the total 5800 km.

The bottom tap for our fresh water tank is leaking and I don’t know where. A call to our favourite dealer will tell us.

All is well.