| Sunday, August 13, 2006. We have entered into Ontario and we are tired so we have decided to take our time and do a little R & R. |
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 Another Pike...but a big fat one. It went back in the water at the English River.
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| Tuesday, August 15, 2006. We have had some difficulty with
the Provincial Parks in Ontario. Where they say reservations recommended, we
have called by way of pay phones and we get a machine saying to leave a
message and they will get back to us. When using a pay phone we cannot do
that and the more interesting Provincial Parks are about 15 kil. off the
highway. During our travels, if we see an interesting spot when it's time to pull over we ask the proprietor if they have RV parking and that we do not need Hydro/Water/Dump and we have been pretty lucky. The proprietors have been English River Outfitters, White River Cabins and Batchawana Bay Motel & Restaurant. The views have been great and so were the people who ran the businesses. |
 View from our window at English River Outfitters. 10 |
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| Saturday, August 19, 2006. We are a couple of hours drive
West of Thunder Bay at a lake called "Lac des Milles Lac" and Denis is
trying to get a pickerel but the weather is tricky here. The water gets too
rough for the canoe or it's raining. It's sad but we have been in Ontario now for at least a week and we have found there are not a lot of garbage can's around whereas other Provinces and States there are garbage can's all over and they are bear proof to boot. As we were filling up with water before going to "Lac des Milles Lac" our friends "the Quebec Connection - Judy and Pierre", spotted us. What a surprise. I think this is the 9th. time we have met. The world can be so small. This will be the last time we see them until our next visit. We will miss them but will meet again. |
 This was a really nice dry camping area where we met some really nice people from Thunder Bay. f |
| Tuesday, August 22, 2006. After leaving Thunder Bay we went
to Red Rock. Denis remembered going there with his dad and he remembered it
to be a very picturesque town. We ended up spending the night at Red Rock
Marina, there is no RV Park there so the proprietor was nice enough to let
us stay there for nothing. They said they would like to make it an RV Park
some day. This is a paper mill town and was a planed community. A town
with an escarpment of high cliffs behind it which I believe it was all red
at one time. Denis hates for this trip to end. I think if we had a bigger trailer he would say lets do this for a while. |
 A memorial for Terry Fox who inspired the nation with his dream-his marathon of hope - a cross-Canada run to raise money for Cancer research. What a great memorial in Thunder Bay's visitor's center on the east side. It is overlooking the Sleeping Giant. |
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 View of Nippigen in foreground and Town of Red Rock in background. |
 On August
24, 1914 Lieutenant Harry Coleburn, of the 94th Fort Garry Horse &
Canadian Army, purchased a black bear cub at White River, Ontario, while
on route overseas. He named her Winnie after his hometown, Winnipeg.
Winnie became the soldiers' mascot and was left in the care of the London
Zoo on December 9th, 1914, while Lieutenant Colebourn served in France, In
1919, he gave her to the Zoo for permanent keeping where she was watched
and loved by many, including author A.A. Milne and he son Christoper.
Winnie lived until she was 20 years old and they had a formal funeral for
her because she was loved by so many. |
 Denis at Pebble Beach in Mariton, the home of Hemlo Gold the place that made Don Mckinnon and John Larch famous and rich. Two prospectors from Timmins. |
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 This is Lynn Timmins, Tom and Lynn are the new proprietors of the Batchawana Island View Motel/Restaurant. Every Unit has the view above. Give her a call at (705) 885-1555. We found out Tom's great grandfather's name is Noah Timmins and he laid out the first plans for the City of Timmins and the City was named after him. It's a small world since we come from Timmins. |
| Thursday, August 24, 2006. We are in Sault St. Marie today and just getting more of that R & R. Life is tough. Denis hates for this to end and is doing his utmost not to get to our destination. |
| Friday, August 26, 2006. We are in Sudbury at Monique and Jim's place. We had a really good visit with them and have talked their ears off with our tales of our travels. They have made us feel really at home and now have gone to their camp on Manitoulin Island and we are house sitting for them. Sudbury reminds us of Timmins except 3 times bigger. We discovered there is a small farming area here which pleases me now all I have to do is see if there is a farmers market here. It feel like we have come home but I think a large part of that is due to the open arms welcome we have received from our host and hostess. Thanks is not enough but thank you, Monique and Jim. People in the north are still the greatest. |
 Our home in Sudbury for now, thanks to Monique and Jim. |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2006. Well, we have now done the
full circle and arrived at our friends Denise and Winfred's home in St.
Catharines, they have been like family to us. It is nice to be in a familiar area after travelling for a year
and every street a mystery. St. Catharines has been our home for the
last 18 years and it has been a good home town to us. We will miss our
friends but I hope they will visit us. After all we are just 301.8 kil's.
away. This time our small home on wheels is not with us as we will be moving
our furniture/car back to Caperol. We have travelled 40,600 kilometres more or less and visited 19 USA States and 6 Provinces, chris crossed back and forth on many. Stayed overnights,129 times in different localities. Denis quit smoking and lost 12 lbs. I lost 7 lbs. according to my doctor. I do not see it. Met a lot of fabulous people with hopes of continued friendships. Got to know my husband better and it is still "for better or for worse". He did a great job of driving. Life is good. We
thank the Lord we made it home safe. |
December 19, 2006.We will move into our new home in February. That means moving in the dead of winter. No fun.  Hopefully this home will be for the next 20 years and as memorable as the last 20 years in St. Catharines. We made some good friends there and we hope to see them here in the North. |
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