Getting Closer!!! Hi again...sorry for the few days of suspence, but Northern Ontario isn't much for internet or cell phones...but it sure is BEAUTIFUL!!! So, here's what we've been up to the past few days...

• Thursday, spent the day touring Kenora, ON
• Friday, Kenora to Nipigon (just east of Thunder Bay)
• Saturday, Nipigon to Sault-Ste-Marie
• Sunday (tomorrow) we're heading for Sudbury and going to spend the day/night there with David's sister Heather....Charlie is VERY excited to see Auntie Heather!

We have seen sooooo much wildlife in the past 3 days, and on the trip overall.....black tail, white tail and mule deer, elk, antelope, buffalo and moose (this one just today!!!). We've seen coyote, fox (with a bird in it's mouth), hare, hawks, magpie, pheasant, wild turkey (right on the side of the highway!!), side hill gouger "marmot", prairie dog, ground hog. What David would do for a gun and a license...hee!hee!

We have been trying to eat both breakfast and lunch from the cooler in a park or something we find along the way. We keep repeating about 20 times/day "he sure is a good boy!" Charlie is being VERY accomodating...he sleeps, eats, plays, etc. all according to our "schedule"....yes, we are planning much of our day around what we think he'll do, but he sure does make it easy to have fun and enjoy the journey! So, here are a few photos we took along the way.

We spent the day on Thursday in Kenora touring around and getting the van serviced for the other half of the trip. We went on a great hike in the AM to Vernon Nature Trail. Charlie loves travelling this way...David on the other hand was happy to hand off the extra 20 lbs half way through!

Here is Charlie eating breakfast at Rushing River Falls, just outside Kenora, ON. He's becoming more and more interested in the camera than anything else as I've been taking LOTS of photos. I think we may have created a bit of a monster...a vain monster!!!

With Dad after dipping his fingers in the COLD rushing river!

And this one is lunch at Sandbar Lake Provincial Park just a few hours later.

mmmmm, good peas!

Our last stop of the day yesterday was at Kakabeka Falls....aka...."Niagara of the North". It was quite a beautiful spot....what do you think, does Charlie look like he's having a good time???

We arrived in Nipigon around 7:00pm and found a "quaint" little motel on the side of the highway. We got an early start today (7am - which just yesterday was 6am when we were on Central time) and so we thought we'd take a little detour....to the Caribbean!!!!

Just kidding....this is actually Lake Superior! We stopped here in Lake Superior Provincial Park and spent some time on the beach. Charlie just loved the feel of the sand in his fingers...

....and in his toes!

We will DEFINATELY be back to Lake Superior Provincial park one day.....it was absolutely breathtaking! And it's sooooo BIG!!!! Anyway, we arrived in Sault-Ste-Marie around 3:00pm, checked in to our hotel, went for a nice walk on the boardwalk, had dinner and now I'm heading to bed! We're getting lots of fresh air (it's been about 18 degrees for the past 4 days1) and it makes for a long day getting in and out of the car so often. We're still doing very well...no detours to airports....mind you I think David's drink of whiskey at night and my coffee/Bailey's in the morning sure helps us keep it all together....hee!hee! Lots of love to you all!!!!