Day 30
Driving 860 km + 1 hour time change = A Very Long Day
Since beginning our journey on the TransCanada ( BC, AB, SK, MB ), the speed limit has been mostly 110 (so usually going 120) except for construction zones and the odd city/town, but as soon as we hit Ontario, the speed limit changed to 90 km (Why??)
Just outside Kenora, on the Trans-Canada (Hwy.17) BANG! A rock flew off a lumber truck in the oncoming lane and smashed onto our front window …creating an artistic 4 diameter 3/4 moon with multiple swirls. Now Todd needs to get an oil change AND a window change when we get home.
Not even 5 minutes later, another transport in the oncoming lane, came barrelling around a bend, swinging into our lane, causing the car in front of us to veer off the road to avoid a collision CRAZY!
We passed through Thunder Bay and saw the sign posted where Terry Fox ended his Marathon of Hope 5,373 km after 143 days. Just prior to the sign we stopped at the Terry Fox Memorial, a viewpoint that overlooks Lake Superior and Thunder Bay.
We have seen so much of the Canada/Canadian Landscape this trip Pacific Ocean, The Rockies, Glaciers, The Plains, numerous rivers and lakes, and now the Canadian Shield along with Lake Superior. The rocks of the Canadian Shield are so colourful whites, greys, charcoals, browns, reds
..an artists palette. The land is filled with gently sloping hills that changes from densely covered forest to bare rock back and forth.
We are staying at the White River Inn tonight about as far away from the Chateau Fairmont Lake Louis as you can get! The one plus is this town is actually famous (well, maybe famous isnt the right word, since you and I havent heard of it before .).
In 1914, Ltn. Harry Colebourn, bought an orphaned black bear for $20 at the White River Train Station as he was passing through. He named the cub Winnie after his home town of Winnipeg. Harry was on his way overseas to fight in WW1. He gave the bear to the London (England) Zoo to look after while he was away. Winnie captured the hearts of many visitors, including Christopher Robin Milne, the son of A.A. Milne. Father and son were frequent visitors. A.A. Milne began writing stories based on the bear at the zoo
.and the classic Winnie the Pooh was born.
Tomorrow Sudbury (and a nice hotel .)