Thunder Bay Travelodge

... as the first night was dry as a bone, whilst the second night was one of howling winds up to 60km/h and driving rain. Our economy tent is pentagonal in design, yet our air mattress is naturally rectagonal. This means when fully inflated the mattress pushes out the sides of the tent, which means when it rains or snows the tent gets wet at these points. So to overcome this we only semi inflated the mattress, folded it over and balanced ...

Wir sind bereits um 7 Uhr aufgestanden, um eine Wanderung zu machen, welche der Tiere wegen am frühen Morgen oder Abend empfohlen wird.

Nachdem wir den Sonnenaufgang bestaunen konnten, machten wir uns auf den Weg. Ausser einem hübschen Seelein und Moskitos haben wir jedoch keine Tiere gesehen.

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.

... State Park broke up the car ride with a nice mini-hike and spectacular views of powerful waterfalls rushing and swirling down to Lake Superior 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 purchases and ...

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... Canada Airlines, the Atomic Energy of Canada and many other crown corporations. · Marina Park - A pictureaque venue dedicated to the memory of mariners. It provides a spectacular view of Lake Superior, has walkways, lookouts, picnic areas and playgrounds. In the summer they have weekly concerts, festivals and civic holiday celebrations. · Soroptimist International Friendship Gardens - A unique Centennial gift to Canada from 18 countries (Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia ...

... and we ended up talking about that for the entire 15 minutes they were gone. Once they came back, we got out and went to the back of the van, where Dalia and Mireille opened the doors and laid out all of our gourmet ingredients so we could make sandwiches to eat at OFW. I took my time and constructed a monster sandwich with three slices of bread, lots of lunch meat, mustard, tomatoes, lettuce, and onions. I also had 2 Clif Bars left over from breakfast and put those in my bag as ...

... to the shore and started walking - but within just a few steps I could see that even here, the water was quite deep enough to cross from the line of "wading" to "swimming", and the shore was too steep for me to climb onto. "Wait! Wait!" I called desperately - I wasn't in the mood to be soaking wet and sitting still for two hours! Mireille and Simone made an about-face and came back for me as I stuck out my thumb like the pitiful, dirty hitch-hiker that I was. I then quite ...

... wireless, they had a complicated password and 3 servers to pick from and you kept getting dropped and not always reconnected. Sometimes 3 or 4 tries to reconnect - and we both have new laptops capable of all kinds of stunts! Also, the Best Western Seven Oaks in Regina - dishonorable mention: have to get an Ethernet cable from the front desk + password. could only sit on the bed to use your laptop. although connection was ...

... and writers alike have written about the north. Norval Morisseau drew much of his inspiration for his paintings from the shores of Superior as well. If you haven't been up to these parts and love the outdoors, this is definitely an outdoors mecca! It is also fascinating from a historical point of view as ...