Day 51, Tuesday, July 15, Montreal River, 118 km

This is a day from the RV driver’s perspective. Went into Wawa for the second time (since yesterday’s shopping expedition) to go to a pharmacy for necessities and get some more bread because our next stop has no store. So got to drive past the 30 foot Canada Goose statue, and 2 others almost as large in the town, again. Had an urgent call on my cell saying someone had trouble with their bike, turned out Serge’s bike had seized up and was unrideable. So had a passenger for the rest of the day (and the next until Sault St Marie).

The terrain was flatter and we got to see some beautiful small beaches and bays on Lake Superior. Went in to see Agawa pictographs on the cliff face overlooking the water – in fact overhanging the water! Could not believe that they let people go out there without guard rails to protect them from falling into the lake! They did have 3 ropes anchored into the rocks and dangling into the water so if you do fall in you can pull yourself up on the ropes. The pictographs themselves are small and about 1500 years old.

We were passed by a family, parents on a tandem carrying everything in a small trailer and a 16 year old son on his bike carrying nothing but water. They are going across Canada about 200 km/day. The son made a point about them all being vegan. Whatever.

Then went up and down a very high and wide hill to reach our day’s destination which was the Twilight resort at Montreal River. Absolutely gorgeous spot right on Lake Superior with a rock beach and a resident bald eagle looking down on us.
I am enjoying seeing Canada 100 km at a time, but am looking forward to leaving northern Ontario mosquitoes and black flies!
Brenda