INTO ONTARI-ARI-ARIO

2011 06 11 To Falcon Lake N49° 41.018’ W095° 19.529’

Stopping at the Manitoba - Ontario border puts us where our 2009 trip ended eastward progress. To commemorate our adventure into new territory, a giant meteor fell out of the sky and made a big dent. It’s been raining so the hole is called West Hawk Lake. This celestial punctuation mark is right where the Trans Canada Highway crosses into Ontario. Luckily we were camped at the west end of Falcon Lake. Missed EsDora by a few kilometres and 100 million years.

2011 06 12 At Falcon Lake

Some days and places are so delicious that we can't be bothered to move.

Our Neighbour

Let’s Have Dinner Out Tonight

Wash Day

2011 06 13 To Fort Francis N48° 36.539” W093° 25.191’

Carolyn found her birth family a few years ago.

At the Devlin Cemetary

Carolyn Finds a Grandmother and Aunt Elly. Carolyn and her Aunt Ellly had corresponded for a few months.

Carolyn’s Grandmother Nellie Sophia Roulston from a family history in the Fort Francis Library. She had 10 babies in 12 years and died at the age of 33.

More crochet floral arrangements are left behind.

In Ontario so far we've spotted three bears, two mother grouse with flocks of chicks, deer, rabbits and several moose, including this one:

2011 06 14 To West Clearwater Lake N48° 57.683’ W092° 00.791’

EsDora’s Waterfront Property

Look Out for a One-Legged Bare Foot Guy

Awwwe: OK OK No More Sunset Pix

2011 06 15 To Thunder Bay N48° 22.805’ W089° 17.988’

EsDora Shared the Road with This

All Downhill from Here

Kakabeka Falls:

Tried to convince a tourist that this was Niagara Falls and he could go home now... See, look, there’s Goat Island.



Excuse Me, Where Do I Find the Used Book Store?

2011 06 16 To Nipigon N49° 00.676 W088° 19.251’

On Highway 17:

At Terrace Bay I find a book about Trudeau with somebody’s snapshots of him inside:

Same Yellow Jacket

Find this Fire Suppression Crew at Terrace Bay Beach. They were polite but their eyes rolled just a leettle when I described how Bob Bailey and I used to stamp out flaming ducks with just a hard hat and a pevee back in Ought Sixty Six.

2011 06 18 To Sault Ste Marie N46° 35.945 W 084° 17.717’

Stephen King’s next block buster novel is being advertised all along Highway 17:

Monarch of Highway 17...with a Butterfly

To be continued, on to Lake Tamiskaming...

2011 06 19 To Sudbury N46° 26.027’ W080° 55.063’

Domestic Arrangements

Lake Richard

Now Kadulski is having geographical features named after him.

Goosed

There is an entire trip to be made visiting Canada's "superlatives" Which came first, the Wawa Goose or the Vegraville Egg?

There is Amethyst all over the place.

Old Dog Learns New Trick

2011 06 17 To Wawa N47° 58.876’ W084° 48.131’

White River is where a certain Bear named “Winnie” came from. Disney's copywright is acknowledged. Heavens to AA Milne!

Practical Father’s Day Present. One Size Fits All