Travel Log: Day 3
Day numero Trois and we are on the road again! We left Hearst around 8h30 for a short day of driving...
"Day Three!"
The drive started out on a pretty dry note. Woods, woods and more woods for the first 230km. I counted a generous 15-20 houses between Hearst and Longlac. The drive was so boring that we turned to a different source of entertainment: I ran down an errand rabbit (by accident).
Clean Hit! It was pretty funny to see him barrel roll in the rearview mirror at first but I did feel bad afterwards... for real (no picture available).
On a brighter note, I was really looking forward to this day because we were driving through Beardmore. "What's in Beardmore?" you may ask. Well only the largest Snowman in the world! I found out about Beardmore on Canadian Roadside Attractions but even if I didn't know about the snowman beforehand, the thing is so freaking huge you can't miss it!
"Can't go in Beardmore without growing a beard"
We were taking it pretty easy for the most part of the day since we knew we would get in Thunder Bay sometime in the afternoon so we easily took half a dozen pit stops for pictures, laughs and eats. We were fortunate enough to not see a single moose in what is supposed to be a moose infested forrest. And here's a few snapshots of the kind of scenery you can expect
in Northwestern Ontariooooo (go'geous!), courtesy of Road Hammer:
"Abandonned Church, Longlac"
"Lunching at a rest area - Notice the PB Jar on the table"
"Pijitawabik Palisades - Impressive"
Another highlight of our daily travels that I really looked forward was the Terry Fox memorial statue just outside of Thunder Bay. Terry Fox is one of the greatest Canadian of all time. His story is truly inspiring and having ran the annual Terry Fox run for a few years now, I had no choice but to come visit where Terry's final strides of his Marathon of Hope occured.
"Stick that in your tourism guide!"
"Checking out Thunder Bay Docks with the Panoramic Telescope"
And our resumes in Thunder Bay at the Econo Lodge in a room that smells like a mix between body odour and wet towels. We tried to vent out the room before we went out for supper by opening the windows and cranking up what seemed to be a air exchanger? We came back with high hopes but the room only went from hot to cold. I better not asphyxiate tonight to a smelly carpet.
I give the Econo Lodge: minus 1 star
Distance Traveled: 540km
"Day Three!"Clean Hit! It was pretty funny to see him barrel roll in the rearview mirror at first but I did feel bad afterwards... for real (no picture available).
On a brighter note, I was really looking forward to this day because we were driving through Beardmore. "What's in Beardmore?" you may ask. Well only the largest Snowman in the world! I found out about Beardmore on Canadian Roadside Attractions but even if I didn't know about the snowman beforehand, the thing is so freaking huge you can't miss it!
"Can't go in Beardmore without growing a beard"in Northwestern Ontariooooo (go'geous!), courtesy of Road Hammer:
"Abandonned Church, Longlac"
"Lunching at a rest area - Notice the PB Jar on the table"
"Pijitawabik Palisades - Impressive"Another highlight of our daily travels that I really looked forward was the Terry Fox memorial statue just outside of Thunder Bay. Terry Fox is one of the greatest Canadian of all time. His story is truly inspiring and having ran the annual Terry Fox run for a few years now, I had no choice but to come visit where Terry's final strides of his Marathon of Hope occured.
"Stick that in your tourism guide!"
"Checking out Thunder Bay Docks with the Panoramic Telescope"I give the Econo Lodge: minus 1 star
Distance Traveled: 540km
I love the road-trip updates! I'm glad you guys are having fun...keep on truckin!
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