Jay’s Life

With the van loaded up and lots of snacks we headed out at 7:49 this morning. I planned all the routes using MapPoint. It gave us a 66 page itinerary with distances and times we should be at various check points. Including 15 minute breaks every 400 km.My good friend Paul asked why we where not going through Saut St. Marie, well according to MapPoint, there is a route that is 100 km shorter. At least it is according to MapPoint, they fail to mention that the cut over back to the Trans Canada is actually a dirt logging road with no name that we could find on any map. It was rated at 70 km/h wit wild hills plus one lane bridges. Sadly since we had just filled up with gas, Staysea got to have all the fun.
We saw a good assortment of northern Ontario wild life, a skunk, a fox and a Moose with it’s baby by the road, deer too. No pictures for any of the animals, they where all too quick for the camera.
Of course we stopped in White River to visit the monument to the bear that started the entire Hundred Acre Wood, Winnie the Pooh. We managed to get a picture of the plaque commemorating the care of the bear and the resulting statue of said honey eating bear.

We rolled into TB around 9 o’clock, a mere 13 hours after we left Sauga. Checked into our Super 8 and went across the street to a great Irish pub called Fionn MacCool’s for some Guinness and wine and great food. If you’re ever in TB you should stop in. Plus Guinny was only $5.
Maps and Route where created using Microsoft® MapPoint®