Yep. Breakfast in Wawa.
Wawa... oh ya...
Anyways, in the night time we drove passed Wawa’s famous Canada Goose, which happens to be the largest in the World. No, it is not a living goose, but a statue. On the way out of town we went to the goose and got our photos. It was pretty impressive. It was put up on the completion of that section of the TCH and in itself was quite a feat.
As usual the weather was not great, but we made the best of it anyways. Other than the goose, Wawa is famous for a set of waterfalls. That was out next destination. Magpie High Falls are set over a reservoir so when the water level is low the water merely trickles down the falls, but when the water is high the water is a raging torrent. You all know our luck, so that means that the water was low and was just a trickle down the face of the rock. It was still worth seeing and we could imagine the raging torrents of water even though we could not see them. We took some photos and then set to pilfering baby trees (which were in unusually high abundance). With the trees and the dirt in the water bottles we hit the road and pointed to Thunder Bay.
I am sure you are getting tired of reading about driving. It seems that no matter where we go all there is to talk about is driving driving driving. Oh, the road trip woes! Well, I know that you will be shocked, but we were driving. We were driving through the beautiful province of Ontario. At some point the road nestled up against Lake Superior and we were able to see the water stretch off into the distance.
We were driving along it for hours and hours, and before we ran out of time we decided to stop and to walk to the lake to get some photos. We pulled into the shoulder and got out of the car with our cameras. Just then another car pulled up behind us. It was just some guy... he got out of the car and started to ask us about a another guy who was wearing a checkered hoodie. Evidently they have been having issues with this gentleman where he has been breaking into places. The guy said he just saw this other guy run away from his place and was wondering if we had seen him. We said no, but we could see the guy look into Jerusalem to see if we were secretly harbouring this other guy... we weren’t. He drove off and we walked across the highway to go and see the lake. It was beautiful, as my photos well show.
One more thing that I ought to mention is that there are inuksuks all over the place. People seem to just go to the side of the highway to build them. This has resulted in hundreds of them being built along the various highways going through Ontario. As you drive you see these little monuments in the jagged edges of the Canadian Shield giving the feeling of being protected and being on the right track. I am sure we were on both counts.
We stopped at a ski hill (emphasis on hill) and then finished our route to Thunder Bay. We made it to our very affordable B & B and were greeted by the owner. He was (is... not dead yet) an elderly gentleman who is retired and who rents out rooms for the company and the fun of it. It was a bit strange, but we could not complain. Everything was great and beautiful except for the faint smell of smoke and the sketchiness of the area.
He recommended a place for us to go for supper which served Finnish food. We went early because of the evident popularity and were able to get in with only a few moments of waiting. We sat down and had Finnish Pancakes (the specialty) which were just like crepes (or English Pancakes I am told). They were good. Everything was good. Everything was cheap.
Yay!
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