Comfort Inn Thunder Bay

... he was forced to stop by lung cancer. He never recovered and died the following year. Since then millions of people have run under his name to continue raising money for cancer research. It was very humbling to imagine the determination and passion of one young man, and for him to have his life cut so short. The statue in his memory is situated at a lookout point close to where his run ended, the view over Lake Superior is quite ...

Wir sind bereits um 7 Uhr aufgestanden, um eine Wanderung zu machen, welche der Tiere wegen am frühen Morgen oder Abend empfohlen wird.<br><br>Nachdem wir den Sonnenaufgang bestaunen konnten, machten wir uns auf den Weg. Ausser einem hübschen Seelein und Moskitos haben wir jedoch keine Tiere gesehen.<br><br>Unsere Weiterfahrt brachte uns durch wunderbare Landschaft und den ersten farbigen Bäumen, am Lake of the Woods vorbei, nach Thunder Bay in den Kakabeka Falls PP.

Journeying into the interior of northern Wisconsin, making our way toward the Apostle Islands, we passed through small towns, Rhinelander, Ironwood, Ashland (which has a great co-op, bakery and The Black Cat Café, all located next to one another), and Bayfield, and camped on the shores of Lake George (at Lake George Campground) and Lake Superior (Saxon Harbor/Lake Superior County Park). Inclement weather enveloped ...

Wow! Cold night!! Dad told us that it was only 45F at 7:00 when he got up to take a shower&#8230;yikes! I was quite comfortable all bundled in my bassinet, but mom and dad were a pinch frozen this morning! We started the day by going to a tourist trap where we thought we could use the internet to post a blog update, but their commador64 was out of service! We drove through a town called Wawa which for some ...

... behold, such park never came, and after arriving in Thunder Bay at 11pm, we decided to give up our search and just find a place to sleep. Neither of us wanted a hotel, but hey, at least we found a place to stay. After driving for so long, I'm pretty sure we'd take anything!!<br><br>So, day 2 ends with Jacquie &amp; Carmen sleeping in the only room left at Best Western, a stinky but oh so comfy smoking room ;)<br><br>

... border, the 4-lane highway changed to a 2-lane highway. We had to stop a couple of times for construction but the delays were minor, as was the traffic going east. We lost count of the number of trailer trucks heading west - very few cars. As we crossed into Ontario, we entered Winnipeg "cottage country" - Lake of the Woods area. It's very pretty with lots of forest, water, and summer cabins. As we continued east, we saw a semi off ...

Hello everyone, Starting off, welcome to Cynthia's and my blog on travelpod. We'll be utilizing this along with e-mail and phone calls to keep you updated on our adventure on the other side of the Atlantic. For now I won't bore you with our various dealings with embassies and finalizing all of the details on our trip. Look for updates starting April 26, 2009. Until then.

... Canada than the USA). This was the first time on our trip where we experienced a half-day of daytime rain (plus an all-night session) which did not slow us down at all (except for Bogie who hates rain and thunder/lighting). Overall, this is a great park for hiking. Tidbit: - Canada/Ontario does not even mention, or marker, Kama Bay which is the northern-most point of Lake Superior :(.

... on that while Etienne and Gilles pushed me. They went a little overboard, though, and started spinning me so fast I thought I was going to throw up. They just kept laughing and pushing harder so I called Zoe and Simone to my rescue. After a few more minutes of exploring, the six of us climbed onto a jungle-gym dome and sat there talking and taking pictures. Dalia, who used to be a gymnast, impressed us by demonstrating her gymnastic skills. Then Dalia and I watched two young boys ...

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 area for a quick overnite on the way.