Day 10, Friday, July 6, 2007
We left Rainbow Falls at about 10:00 am. The roads were generally in better condition than other days of traveling. We had lunch in a rest area just outside of the Obatanga Provincial Park. Very nice area with picnic tables and pulloffs. I got a call from Kathy at the office (so nice to be needed) but the cell phone rece
ption was very poor so I called her back when we reached a Visitor information pull off in Wawa, Ontario. There they have a nice visitor center and a huge, maybe 40 foot goose you can see for some distance before you reach it. Touched basis with Kathy. She has been fairly busy while we’ve been away, she always does such a good job. Today was a day of driving and we managed 330 miles. We were just outside of Sault Ste. Marie with about another 50 miles to go but the gas was getting low so we stopped in Pancake Bay to get some gas. They had about 3 stores there and one had all different crafts, some made locally but most at least made in Canada. Another store had all wood carvings and some of the carving was absolutely amazing. Anything from full size Indians to smaller carvings of animals. They also had replicas of sailing boats, they were very well done, plus lots of beautiful t-shirts, jackets and pull-overs. I think what was the most amazing was the pricing. It was all very reasonably priced, which surprised me being out on its own like it was, even the gas was one cent a litre less than in Sault Ste. Marie. These were big buildings and absolutely jammed full. From there we drove into Sault Ste. Marie and found an Information Centre and found out a good restaurant to celebrate our 39th Wedding Anniversary. We ate at Docks, a real nice restaurant right on the waterfront and they gave us a window seat. Good meal. After dinner we took a walk along the water. We met people at the restaurant moving from Ottawa to Edmonton, he is being transferred, but was raised in North Van. And did Air Cadets at Abbotsford. Another couple from Sault Ste. Marie, on the boardwalk and they are going to Abbotsford in a couple of weeks to visit his brother then renting a car and traveling up through Jasper, Banff and Cranbrook. At the Visitor Centre we asked about camping and they let us phone a couple of campsites. The prices ran about $23.00 to $30.00 with electricity hookup and or water. We only wanted a place to stop because we were going to be away hopefully early in the morning so we decided to try the Walmart Parking lot. When we arrived, there were about 9 other campers. We pulled in beside a retired couple from Texas, USA. We paid our camping fee at Walmart and got some merchandise in return. So off to bed we go, Tegan is going to finish a movie on the portable DVD player, Willa is already in bed and I am about to join her. Let’s see what the road tomorrow has to offer.
We left Rainbow Falls at about 10:00 am. The roads were generally in better condition than other days of traveling. We had lunch in a rest area just outside of the Obatanga Provincial Park. Very nice area with picnic tables and pulloffs. I got a call from Kathy at the office (so nice to be needed) but the cell phone rece
ption was very poor so I called her back when we reached a Visitor information pull off in Wawa, Ontario. There they have a nice visitor center and a huge, maybe 40 foot goose you can see for some distance before you reach it. Touched basis with Kathy. She has been fairly busy while we’ve been away, she always does such a good job. Today was a day of driving and we managed 330 miles. We were just outside of Sault Ste. Marie with about another 50 miles to go but the gas was getting low so we stopped in Pancake Bay to get some gas. They had about 3 stores there and one had all different crafts, some made locally but most at least made in Canada. Another store had all wood carvings and some of the carving was absolutely amazing. Anything from full size Indians to smaller carvings of animals. They also had replicas of sailing boats, they were very well done, plus lots of beautiful t-shirts, jackets and pull-overs. I think what was the most amazing was the pricing. It was all very reasonably priced, which surprised me being out on its own like it was, even the gas was one cent a litre less than in Sault Ste. Marie. These were big buildings and absolutely jammed full. From there we drove into Sault Ste. Marie and found an Information Centre and found out a good restaurant to celebrate our 39th Wedding Anniversary. We ate at Docks, a real nice restaurant right on the waterfront and they gave us a window seat. Good meal. After dinner we took a walk along the water. We met people at the restaurant moving from Ottawa to Edmonton, he is being transferred, but was raised in North Van. And did Air Cadets at Abbotsford. Another couple from Sault Ste. Marie, on the boardwalk and they are going to Abbotsford in a couple of weeks to visit his brother then renting a car and traveling up through Jasper, Banff and Cranbrook. At the Visitor Centre we asked about camping and they let us phone a couple of campsites. The prices ran about $23.00 to $30.00 with electricity hookup and or water. We only wanted a place to stop because we were going to be away hopefully early in the morning so we decided to try the Walmart Parking lot. When we arrived, there were about 9 other campers. We pulled in beside a retired couple from Texas, USA. We paid our camping fee at Walmart and got some merchandise in return. So off to bed we go, Tegan is going to finish a movie on the portable DVD player, Willa is already in bed and I am about to join her. Let’s see what the road tomorrow has to offer.
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