I know I was suppose to blog this as we went but the time just got beyond us so fast it was impossible. So here I go, lets start at the beginning …
The start of the five-day road trip to Vancouver began without incident. Phil and I had packed up the car the night before, so it was up at 6am and out of the apartment for 7am and on the road.
Getting out of the city was easy-breezy but we hit a tad bit of a snag on the good old 401. Took us about ½ hr to get to the 400 but then it was clear sailing … and on to our first Timmies stop of the Trip :)
I got us into Sudbury just after noon and we headed for the Big Nickel. Took some fun pics there and then it was time to head out. No time to waste … we had to make it to Thunder Bay that night!!
But we did stop along Hwy #17 to see a Giant Loonie in Echo Bay … yes, were geeks like that :)
Phil took over then and got us to Sault St. Marie for some lupper (lunch/supper) around 3:30pm. Had us some yummy Pita-Pit and posed for a few shots with a giant Moose and the time to get back into the car.
We made a pit stop at a scenic look-out at Agawa Bay looking out to Lake Superior and man, that was just stunning. Never knew that we had scenery like that in Ontario.
With no time to waste it was off for Wawa …
Got to Wawa around 6pm, hit another Timmies and it was my turn to get behind the wheel.
Now the drive from Wawa to Schreiber was a tough one. Very bendy and curvy and with the sun setting in my eyes it made for some tough driving. So we decided to switch again in Schreiber for the sake of getting us there alive. This was around 9:30 or so and would you believe that it was still really quite light out … amazing really.
Along the way to T-Bay we did see something that rattled us a bit. Around 10:30, while we were chatting about how awesome it was that it was just now starting to get dark out, we spied at the side of the hwy a HUGH dead moose. And when I say HUGE, I mean HUGE. I’ve never seen one up close like that and man was I shocked to take in its size. The thing must have been hit by a mac-truck or something and then moved off to the side of the road. Insane really. Needless to say this made both Phil and I a bit more concerned while on the road since every few feet there were signs telling us to watch out for Moose, Deer and other assorted wildlife that could come out and try to cross the road at any time … defiantly kept us on out toes!
We pulled into Thunder Bay around 11:41pm and DAMN we’re we tired. When we finally got to the hotel and out of the car it was like we needed to get our walking legs back. Like sea legs on a cruise, it was odd to be standing at first and took a while to get used to it again. I guess 17 hrs in a car will do that to you!
Don’t think we have ever been so happy to see an Econo Lodge in our lives before and in no time we were checked in and crashed out …
Click here for pictures from Day #1
The start of the five-day road trip to Vancouver began without incident. Phil and I had packed up the car the night before, so it was up at 6am and out of the apartment for 7am and on the road.
Getting out of the city was easy-breezy but we hit a tad bit of a snag on the good old 401. Took us about ½ hr to get to the 400 but then it was clear sailing … and on to our first Timmies stop of the Trip :)
I got us into Sudbury just after noon and we headed for the Big Nickel. Took some fun pics there and then it was time to head out. No time to waste … we had to make it to Thunder Bay that night!!
But we did stop along Hwy #17 to see a Giant Loonie in Echo Bay … yes, were geeks like that :)
Phil took over then and got us to Sault St. Marie for some lupper (lunch/supper) around 3:30pm. Had us some yummy Pita-Pit and posed for a few shots with a giant Moose and the time to get back into the car.
We made a pit stop at a scenic look-out at Agawa Bay looking out to Lake Superior and man, that was just stunning. Never knew that we had scenery like that in Ontario.
With no time to waste it was off for Wawa …
Got to Wawa around 6pm, hit another Timmies and it was my turn to get behind the wheel.
Now the drive from Wawa to Schreiber was a tough one. Very bendy and curvy and with the sun setting in my eyes it made for some tough driving. So we decided to switch again in Schreiber for the sake of getting us there alive. This was around 9:30 or so and would you believe that it was still really quite light out … amazing really.
Along the way to T-Bay we did see something that rattled us a bit. Around 10:30, while we were chatting about how awesome it was that it was just now starting to get dark out, we spied at the side of the hwy a HUGH dead moose. And when I say HUGE, I mean HUGE. I’ve never seen one up close like that and man was I shocked to take in its size. The thing must have been hit by a mac-truck or something and then moved off to the side of the road. Insane really. Needless to say this made both Phil and I a bit more concerned while on the road since every few feet there were signs telling us to watch out for Moose, Deer and other assorted wildlife that could come out and try to cross the road at any time … defiantly kept us on out toes!
We pulled into Thunder Bay around 11:41pm and DAMN we’re we tired. When we finally got to the hotel and out of the car it was like we needed to get our walking legs back. Like sea legs on a cruise, it was odd to be standing at first and took a while to get used to it again. I guess 17 hrs in a car will do that to you!
Don’t think we have ever been so happy to see an Econo Lodge in our lives before and in no time we were checked in and crashed out …
Click here for pictures from Day #1
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