June 9th to 15th

We're back! Since the kids are so far behind I am takin over. Besides Skipper is in the dog house as he caught a chipmunk yesterday, luckily we got it away from him before it was game over!!

So here we are in Sault Ste. Marie, the weather has been marginally better, at least warm if not dry. We had a good time in Winnipeg, our first night we did what all tourists do, found the closest mall and went to the movies :o) isn't that what they do? Next day it was windy and rainy, nasty in fact. We did a tour of the Royal Canadian Mint (no free samples) then drove downtown and trompted around The Forks, to the Market, Fort Gary Hotel etc. The weather did improve. Stayed up to midnight doing laundry (fun).

June 10th we're back on the road the weather held off and it was actually kinda nice as we cruised along heading for Dryden. Stopped in Kenora, very pretty little town but very busy, not a place where you want to be pulling a 32 foot 5th wheel, but finally a very nice man helped us find our way to the Zellers parking lot where we got parked. Walked up town, Robert wanted a CIBC branch, I bought ice cream. Arrived Dryden (not so pretty) and pulled into the Walmart Parking lot, asked permission to park and they were happy to have us. There is a Tim Horton's across the road so breakfast is taken care of, it must be the busiest Timmys in Canada!

Next stop Kakabeka Falls just west of Thunder Bay. Much rain today! The landscape is beautiful though, many lakes, lots of trees. Saw some moose (pic), very cool. Arrived at the campground in the pouring rain, very expensive. These Provincial Parks are very expensive compared to the US and their State Parks, also they charge you an entry fee anywhere from $6 to $10 on top of the camping fee. Took a look at the falls, impressive the highest falls in Northern Ontario. Drove into Thunder Bay for a look around saw a cute little beaver (pic) but we're not too impressed with Thunder Bay.

June 12, woke up to better weather and we're off. Decide to take a look at Fort William in Thunder Bay and end up spending most of the day there. Very interesting and fun. We're on the road again by 3:00 but Robert sees a sign advertising suspension bridges so we are off on a country road which soon turns to dirt (red dirt though cool) and finally we are there. $18 each later we are hiking up a canyon and over two suspension bridges, one 300 metres and one 600 metres, beautiful place, they have invested a lot of money here. On our way back to the highway we see two black bears (pic) in a field of tall grass. They are having a great time running around, standing up and then we realize there are some very large birds in the grass as well, I am sure they are Sandhill Cranes, we're not sure if the bears are after them or their young and the adults are trying to lead the bears away or what, amazing! We carry on to Nipigon for the night.

Next day it's off to Wawa. Again beautiful country and today saw a bull moose (big!). The campground host gave us a couple of options for dinner so we visit the Kinniwabi Pines Rest. owned and run by a Trinidad family, very friendly! My first Pickerel! Yummy, in fact one of the best meals we've ever had! On to Sault Ste. Marie, some beautiful views of Lake Superior. Stop at Agawa Rock and hike down to the beach to look at the pictographs, very cool! (pic) On to our campground right on the lake. Got to put my feet into Lake Superior. This campground is too far out and no internet so this morning we moved to the KOA. After we got settled we headed to the US side and took a self tour of the locks then back to look at the Bushpilots Museum. Max was very excited as we finally found a Starbucks! Well 11:30 pm and it's just started raining again, my brain is ready for bed so night night everyone! Sorry no pictures tonight, hopefully tomorrow! Well maybe I'll try a couple before I hit the hay!!