Econo Lodge Thunder Bay

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. They are ENORMOUS. And just such beauties.

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 reflexes. Mooseless we reached Thunder bay and checked into the Econo Lodge. We talked to Nancy, our bride to be. We were to meet up with her and her bridesmaids at a local hot spot LOT 66. Nancy, I met the same time as Judith. We all worked...

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 set out to the church. I brought along my dear friend Miriam for this venture. She assisted in getting us where we needed to be around town. Nancy and Rob had a bus awaiting them outside of the church. A nice 45 gillig parked outside decorated with ...

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 up most of the family and guests had already arrived. A local shop had catered the event. Roast beef sandwiches, Greek salad, potato salad, and of course (thank you Roger) an open bar. After some grinds a few people decided to jump in the hot tub.....

CANADA DAY!!!! Nancy Judith and i headed out to Kakabaka waterfalls for some sightseeing. Beautiful area... although the water looked rather dirty.. actually from iron deposits in the rock i was later to find out. We stopped by the gift shop where i sadly discover our poor greenback is weaker than the Canadian dollar. hold on a minute.... sniff.. its just so sad... sniff. ok got over that then headed out to get some ice cream then headed back to Tbay for the festivities. RED AND WHITE AND MAP...

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 the Phantom is moored. I believe it is Nancy's uncle who owns the boat and was gracious enough to take us out. It was a family affair. Nancy's dad and brother, his girlfriend, Rob, Dave (the best man), Judith and myself went out for the day. The day ...

Finally made it to Thunder Bay after a 2 hour stand still on TC11 right out of Nipigon. Apparently there was an accident involving 2 cars and a power line came down on one of them. The highway was completely blocked both directions.

This morning's drive started out at 9 am. On the highway between Timmins 655 and the TC11 towards Kapuskasing, we saw what we thought were 2 men in the distance. When we got closer we saw only one standing. He was flagging us down. I slowed down and as we ...

We left Cecile's place by 10:15 this morning after a nice coffee or 2 with her. We'll miss Cecile and Misti!

The trip back to Thunder Bay from Winnipeg is the only route we will have done twice. We liked the Burger Scoop in Igance so much on the way west that we stopped there for an early dinner tonight. 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 s...