Valhalla Inn Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay is a small industrial town on the northwest shore of Lake Superior, and getting close to the boarder between Ontario & Manitoba. The city itself is pretty basic, with few sites or places of interest. The two spots we did make the time to visit were the Terry Fox memorial & Kakabeka Falls.

Terry Fox is a Canadian icon, a truly inspirational character who deserves to be remembered as a hero to all those who are faced ...

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.

... No rainbows were sited on our visit, however. Arrival in Sault Saint Marie, marked the end of our four day trip around Lake Superior’s ocean-like expanse of crystal blue water, pebble strewn shores, dirty blond and bulbous, rock faced cliffs, and pristine boreal forests. A precious and remarkable landscape, yet so expansive, I stopped seeing it after a while, and grew impatient for signs of urban comfort.

... Sault Saint Marie because Andre was ready to go. While checking out we were surprised to find that we had accumulated enough hotel points to get a free new release DVD. We chose the Academy Award winning best picture Slumdog Millionaire.

Andre fell asleep in the van once we got back onto the highway. Slept almost five hours of the trip. Olivia took advantage of the quiet and slept too.

Since it rained off and on for most of the day we didn't stop to sight see.

... Bridges are spray painted to remind us that "This is Indian Land" but only sporadic settlements and they don't seem to be as organized as those in Alberta. We didn't see any Indian administration buildings, schools or businesses. Seems like individuals sell their hand-made crafts and artifacts from their homes. · Curiously, a roadway called Spruce Wood Lane is completely lined with pine trees. · The guard rails are not built from galvanized corrugated steel ...

... there's a video here in French," thinking we didn't understand English. I immediately pulled the other four to the side and conspired with them to try to pretend for as long as possible that we couldn't understand English, since despite it's location and history, OFW was definitely much more English-geared. We were amused by this for about 5 minutes before we gave up. After looking around at the interactive exhibits inside the center and pressing lots of buttons we probably shouldn ...

... which was still inside, made an obnoxious CRASH! BANG! Onto the rocks, all the way down the slope, and SPLASH! Back into the water. His question to his friend was hilarious: "Did I just drop my water bottle?" Um, you think? His friend said he'd get it for him, and then looked wearily at the Nalgene floating ten feet out in the water. I knew what he was thinking: that water is very wet and very cold. Our canoe was floating only a few feet from the bottle, so I climbed out and got ...

... the world has ever seen. Apparently they get these from a local butcher? Nancy tell me if i am getting all these facts straight? Someone brought up Robs love of ice cream cakes. So as a bit of a treat Dave and I ventured out to get an original ice cream cake from Dairy Queen.. yummy. I was surprised Ontario even had a DQ. According to Miriam my trusty GPS.... they didn't. Apparently she needs to have some of her international maps updated.

... supplies lasted. We went to Perkins instead. Best Lunch: A tie: The Bumpin' Buffalo, Hill City, South Dakota AND Alien Bar and Grill, Albertville, Minnesota. Both had good food, good service, and the servers knew their menu. Both restaurants made sure we were happy ... not hard to do with quality food and service. Worst Lunch: Dairy Queen, Belfield, North Dakota: Okay, it was a fast-foot joint on I-94 ... what more can I say ...

On Tuesday November 29th, 2005 we will be doing a presentation to get funding for our expedition. Hopefully it will go well. We've prepared a slideshow of photographs from New Zealand that we collaborated and maybe that will give us an edge for the presentation. Wish us luck!