Day 4:
This was our day to follow the shores of Lake Superior on and off. This is superbly beautiful scenery. The road is cut through the granite of the Canadian Shield in places, producing strikingly colourful deep salmon-coloured rock cuts. In other places the rock is a deep purple or pinkish. The views of the lake come and go but are usually spectacular, punctuated by various headlands and islands. To top it off the CP Rail track is visible in many places for those few who care about such things.
The travel was interrupted on a number of occasions by road construction, but that did not detract from a wonderful day. The weather started out cloudish, then cleared and ended the day with mist rolling in from the lake as we neared the city of Sault Ste. Marie. We are camped just before the city and will move past it tomorrow.
The highlight of the day was a visit to the Winnie the Pooh shrine in White River from which town the original Winnie black bear was sent to the London Zoo to be immortalized in the writings of A.A. Milne. A close second was the wildlife we saw: two black bears who are likely distant relatives of that original Winnie and our first moose.
(For those still following the adventures of Leo’s driving, he cheated today. He usually drives at the speed limit, but that is only 90 km/hr here in Ontario. So he drove 95 instead in an effort to improve his passing rate. But he still only passed 2 cars in 780 km of driving. He did, however, pass a tractor and a backhoe during that stretch in a desperate attempt to get some more points.)
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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I hope you took pictures of the Winnie the Pooh statue for me!
ReplyDeleteErik says he can't wait for the video game "Driving with Leo" to come out--he figure it would be full of high speed racing adventures!
I remember traveling the same route you are taking when I was little (when we moved from Regina to Ontario) and the most memorable thing about that trip was the blackflies and the mosquitoes--I slept with my head inside my sleeping bag in an attempt to avoid the flies, but it didn't work! That part wasn't much fun!
Have a good day of driving tomorrow!
Wat een mooie en interessante foto's hebben jullie al gestuurd!Die waterval, wat een kleuren!Op deze manier leer ik heel wat over jullie 2e vaderland! Fijn! groetjes Cocky
ReplyDeleteZo jullie beginnen al aardig wat te beleven, ik hoopte op foto's.....
ReplyDeletehebben jullie de muggen achter je gelaten? Ik hoop het.
( En jij maar zeggen dat je niet kunt vertellen!!!!)hartelijke groet,Jeanne
nou het gaat allemaal heel goed met julliega zo door
ReplyDeleteen vertellen doe je als de beste
groetjes michèle
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ReplyDeleteJa nu heb ik jullie Winnie de Pooh gezien,leuke foto's Else.Wat lijkt het alweer een tijd dat jullie weg zijn.... Goede reis vast voor vandaag (het is kwart voor 8 bij jullie nu) of zijn jullie alweer onderweg? Wanneer gaan jullie ècht vakantie vieren??? Groetjes,Jeanne
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