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Jul 29, 2009

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Thunder Bay at the KOA
Jul 8, 2007 (5 photos)

Arrived Thunder Bay with beautiful clear and warm weather. Friday we visited a local cheese making farm (a Dutch family operates it) and a replica of an old Canadian pioneer village-  the pioneer village was filled with antiques and even had ...

Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park
Jul 9, 2007 (4 photos)

This is a park we visited while in Thunder Bay (it is about 35 km or 21 miles north of TB). We did a little hiking and the sights are great. Enjoy. Monday and we are off to Lake Winnepeg Manitoba province.  We wiil make a stop in the Dryden ...

Fog, Sun and Construction
Jul 16, 2008 (32 photos)

... picture. He is a man behind the times as he lives south of Thunder Bay and is with no electricity. Once I got to Thunder Bay I went to the Running Room store to pick up my hat for the annual 20 minute workout reward. Each year the Running Room gives ...

Jim & Junes's Odyssey 090601
Jun 1, 2009

... signs are even bigger than any traffic info sign, go figure!!!! · ALL highways traversing Canada converge onto one highway between Nipigon & Thunder Bay (a distance of about 100km). June's Comments: The drive was reminiscent of our travels around ...

Thunder Bay
Jun 4, 2006

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Ontario Travels
Oct 5, 2008 (25 photos)

... both agreed that the Wakefield Steam train near Ottawa was more enjoyable. The landscape in Northern Ontario as we drove to Thunder Bay, with Lake Superior and the Canadian Shield hugging highway 17, was spectacular.  Our stay at Lake Superior ...

Gold and waterfalls
Sep 19, 2006 (4 photos)

Today was a long driving day. We left Brandon at 8 am and went to Winnipeg to see the Royal Canadian Mint. There wasn't a tour at a convenient time but we could see some of the machinery operating and got to lift a gold bar ($300,000 value). As we ...

Made it to Ontario!
Jul 4, 2009 (2 photos)

After a very long drive we've finially made it to Thunder Bay, Ontario.  We started today a little late because we wanted to see something of Winnipeg.  We did a 45 min tour of the Royal Canadian Mint which was really interesting.  They were ...

moose alert!
Jul 5, 2009 (1 photos)

Good riding day, from what i can remember. The only picture we took (or Matt i mean) was this one of me coming out of the bushes after a pee stop. Fantastic. Oh, the other exciting bit I can recall is seeing a giant moose standing at the side of the road. ...

Canada Day
Jul 1, 2008 (7 photos)

... docks. It was a great time. I think I blended in just fine.... After the fireworks, toured some more of the nightlife in downtown Thunder bay.  It was a great night. Had a good time with the girls. and... as Nancy put it... I was also working on ...

8 Knots at sea
Jun 30, 2008 (8 photos)

We are headed out on the icy waters of Lake Superior to go sailing.  It was my first time.. I was so excited. Hell i am excited to get on the water period. where your sailing above it or diving below it.... So right in the harbor downtown is where ...

Thunder Bay, Ontario 17th July 2007
Jul 17, 2007

Detail to follow

Thuder Bay
May 27, 2007 (19 photos)

Thunder Bay (May, 27th, 2007)   Originally I thought of going straight through Thunder Bay and seeing how far I could make it towards Sault Ste Marie. I changed my mind at the last moment due to weariness and another look at the attractions to offer ...

Day 5 - Pukaswa National Park to Thunder Bay
Aug 25, 2008

More to follow soon .....

Night Danger along the Shores of Lake Superior
Aug 21, 2009 (29 photos)

... through the cylindrical bowls of rock they've carved over time. After crossing the border into Ontario, our first stop was Thunder Oak Cheese Farm, a family-run, dairy that produces different varieties of Gouda and Swiss cheese.  We picnicked on our ...

Sweet Home up North
Jun 19, 2005

Returned for the summer, Am officially retired

Bus-tastic Times in Western Ontario
Nov 16, 2006

... Eye Spy wasn't cutting the mustard anymore. Bleary-eyed, we poured out after a sleepless night into the station at Thunder Bay, still Ontario, where we had a particularly greasy breakfast while watching a US news segment covering Detroit, and how many ...

Thunder Bay to Winnipeg
May 11, 2008 (7 photos)

8:00 am:  After a quick stop at Starbucks for some travelling beveages, we left Thunder Bay, Ontario with our Mitsubishi Endeavor packed to the roof and our son S squished in the back beside all his important possessions (including a unicycle and ...

Wow Ontario is BIG
Sep 8, 2006 (11 photos)

We've now driven a whopping 2000 km across Ontario. One really needs to do this drive to understand what people mean when they say that northern Ontario is a whole lot of rock and trees. Definitely no shortage of either, and everything seems to come in ...

Great Fun and Beautiful Place
Jul 20, 2009 (4 photos)

... Unfortunately he only got to Thunder Bay and hence the memorial to him.  Google Terry Fox and Canada and you can enjoying read a very inspiring story. Thunder Bay use to be call Port Arthur and Fort William and changed its name after a referendum to Thunder ...

Thunder Bay - My little home
Dec 18, 1977 (11 photos)

Ahhh 18 years in T-Bay...it's nostalgic really. I do the love the Bay and people always say "Thunder Bay, what a cool name" - not sure if they're serious or not. It is beautiful but also has it's fair share of mullets. And reminds me that there really ...

Best and Worst List
May 26, 2008

Well, we're finally home... it was a great trip!  We've done some reflecting and made a "Best/Worst" list. Best Hotel:  Mystic Lake Casino Resort, Prior Lakes/Minneapolis, Minnesota Well, we had a suite, and a package deal, so we enjoyed the ...

Wedding Day
Jun 29, 2008 (5 photos)

Kowalchuk-Moncka wedding! I love vacation. I love being able to sleep late....... enjoy a nice lazy start. So we woke up watched tv till we could convince ourselves to start getting ready for this wedding. After an hour of beautifying ourselves we ...

Da Kowalchuk pool party
Jun 29, 2008 (5 photos)

Judith and i were invited over to Nancy's parents house for a pool party. Thanks again Miriam for all your help!!! I believe it started at 1.... we showed up a little after that. The Kowalchuks  have a beautiful home. Its huge. By the time we showed ...

Last Night of Freedom
Jun 27, 2008 (3 photos)

We crossed the border without any difficulty, no searches. We drove another hour until finally reaching Thunder Bay. I was seriously looking for moose. I mean we saw signs. Just no moose. We almost hit a deer in Minnesota. Good thing Judith had some quick ...

Last Leg - Part 2
May 25, 2008 (16 photos)

... 3 pm - looking forward to a drive so familiar we could probably do it in our sleep! Moved my watch ahead 1 hour ... now I'm on Thunder Bay time for the first time in 2 weeks! The drive north was as beautiful as ever. This time however we didn't stop at ...

An interesting Day
Jun 28, 2009 (5 photos)

... way to Beardmore. She drove through rain part of the way.  She passed and was passed.  Nice job Allison!  Thunder Bay looks very nice.  We'll see more of it on the way home later in July. Tomorrow on to Winnipeg and Cecile!

Ontari-ari-o
Jul 22, 2009 (1 photos)

... We had sudden rain storms that stopped as quickly as they started.  Our new windshield wipers came in handy.  We entered Thunder Bay from a different perspective so this time we got to see the 'sleeping giant' on the way in.  Tomorrow the ...

Chased by a rain storm
Jul 21, 2009 (3 photos)

... like hills, and rocky escarpment features within a few kilometers. A huge mount of escarpment hovers in the distance beyond Thunder Bay. Around 9 p.m. Andre and I were feasting on Kentucky Fried chicken in the hotel room watching Dragon Balls Z, as an in ...