We got up at 5:00am so we could take advantage of the 6:00 continental breakfast to get on the road early. But the 6:00 breakfast didn’t start until 7:00, so we left at 6:15 without breakfast. We rode and we rode and we rode and there were no restaurants to be found. Finally Vaughn spotted a motel that had a barely-visible-possible restaurant. He was correct and we had a great breakfast at the Hungry Bear.
Speaking of bears, I was driving lead and spotted a bear scampering across the shoulder and up over the rock wall next to the road. I couldn’t get the words out fast enough and by the time we reached the spot where the bear climbed up, he was gone. So no bear pictures today, either. Meanwhile Vaughn kept looking for a moose. It certainly looked like we were in the right area – lakes, rivers, swamps, desolate areas, but no moose to be found.
We did see some interesting rock "sculptures" on the rock walls lining the road. Apparently people have taken stones and carefully stacked them into the shapes of animals - bird, turtle, deer, etc. It made for an entertaining ride, especially the rock sculpture wearing the neon orange road worker vest!
100 kilometers later we saw THE moose. I never thought I would be able to get this close to one!!
Today’s trip was 315 miles and it was estimated to take 6 hours, 3 minutes. It took us just over 7 hours – not bad considering we stopped for breakfast, gas, and lunch/gas.
We went to dinner (EXPENSIVE, of course) and wandered down to the falls. Yes, they are huge. Yes, they attract mobs of people. Yes, we took a bunch of pictures, but really the more amazing falls that we saw were the ones in the forests outside of Sault Ste, Marie, Canada. Tomorrow Vaughn wants to go take pictures of the people. They are the more interesting photo opps! (I think Vaughn called them "freaks...)
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