Sunday, July 29, 2007

Day 8, July 4, 2007

Day 8, Wednesday, July 4, 2007
We got a little later start but not too bad, we were on the road about 7:45 am plus or minus a little. We headed off down the road in search of a Tim Horton’s coffee for Willa at Drydon, had a bit of a drive through town. We tried to make up a little driving time and so we whistled down the road. Road speed was 90 k and we traveled about 90-94 k. Interesting the change in the terrain from lots of grain fields to light bush then heavier bush and then to trees, rocks and muskeg. We went from being able to see for 20 or more miles to seeing maybe 200 feet on either side of the road and ahead for not more than 1/2 a mile. Interesting changes and made for a longer drive but the rock formations are very interesting to see and so little top soil, you can see why not much has developed in the area except around the towns. Willa drove a couple of times during the day and Tegan drove a bit also. Only two lane road and we had a side wind a lot of the time so threw the motorhome around a bit. We stopped at Kakabeka Falls and were going to camp there but for a no service campsite they wanted $32.00 per night plus a park fee of I forget how much. We spent $3.00 to walk to the Falls and then carried on down the road. I would sure like to know the history of the area, the Falls cut through solid rock and there are hundreds of layers which I would think means it was once a lakebed and compressed over the years. We did see one campsite before Thunder Bay with internet service but we thought there might be one closer to Thunder Bay. But unfortunately there was not until we were on the other side of Thunder Bay and by that time it was getting too late and we all were very tired. So will stop earlier from now on. We ended up at Trowbridge Campsite which is part of Thunder Bays Centennial Park which is about 141 acres. We walked down to the river and over a bridge and back again. I was just wiped from the long day and did not want to walk any further. Well if the next 500 miles is anything like the last I think I can wait to see what tomorrow brings. Just kidding, we have enjoyed the whole drive, just today was a little less enjoyable but definitely new country we have never seen before.

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