Mosquitos the size of cars

After a couple of days in Northern Ontario, we finally have some wireless internet access! What a whirlwind it's been. We've been on the road for just over a week, have traveled over 4,700km, and are taking turns having showers at the hotel. You have no idea how good a shower feels until you've slept in your car for 2 nights wondering if bears are going to come through the rag-top to have a go at your cooler (which you are sleeping next to). Good times.

We had the most fantastic time in New Brunswick. The absolute highlight was the day we spent on Glacier Lake on the most Western tip of New Brunswick. We spent the day canoeing with Eve and Guy, two of the most wonderful people you could ever meet. Eve is a doctor but spends a lot of his spare time showing people the wonders of glacier lake. He is an excellent guide with a quick wit and a kind heart. We learned a lot on the water that day, like the day he saw an eagle fly-fishing (you'll have to email for that great story).



We had a full-on steak dinner on "were wolf island" and that is where we met Guy, who looks like a woodsman from the books of history. He is also the town blacksmith and gave all of us the most amazing dinner-triangles. We'll always remember Guy, what a guy! One of the kindest yet burliest folks you'll ever have the honour to meet (and we hope you do!).




We were really sad to have to leave New Brunswick. It's not a place we ever took the time to explore before, but after this trip we won't make that mistake again. Such friendly people, such wonderful landscapes. Wow.



Northern Ontario has been mixed for us. The trip has been a bit of a push, likely trying to get in too many kilometers in too short a time. Timmons rubbed us the wrong way, Wawa corrected it with some great people, and Thunder Bay has been take-it-or-leave-it. Again, some of this is simply us pushing too hard and not having planned enough activities. If we had time to take a bush plane and go fishing I'm sure we'd love it. Or if a single moose had met us on the road to say hello. Or if the mosquitos weren't so mind-numbingly plentiful. But at this point, tired as I am, I'm just looking forward to Winnipeg. Which happens tomorrow! Better catch some zzzzzzzzzzsss.