8/7-Regina, SK to Falcon Lake, Manitoba, 452 miles
8/8-Falcon Lake, MB to Wolf River, Ontario, 387 miles
8/9-Wolf River, ON to Esker Lakes, Ontario, 500 miles
8/10-Esker Lakes, ON to Brodmont, Quebec, 502 miles
And tomorrow: 4 hours and 51 minutes to So China Maine!
We try to hit a visitor center every time we cross a Province border ( to get travel info on camping , etc) Yesterday, our last stop, happened to be at the Terry Fox memorial. This was an astonishing accidental find—a remembrance to an athlete who lost a leg to bone cancer then went on to run a marathon ADAY from the east coast to this spot in Ontario on a prosthetic leg before his cancer came back. He raised Consciousness and dollars for cancer research. It was inspiring. Really, google the Terry Fox foundation.
We try to change drivers and resupply coffee or tea (or potty) every 2-3 hours. Today the gas man at one petrol station asked where we were from. When we said we were coming from Washington, he bonded with us, saying he used to live in Vancouver and would go to Seattle for sports events. We added we’d been all across Canada on our way home to Maine. He volunteered, “well, we don’t have mass shootings, so you’re all safe here.” We look apologetic and embarrassed. We have to go look up current events when we get cell service every 400 kilometers. We’re horrified to hear the news.
And it’s also a bit embarrassing that when you tell a Canadian, you’re from Maine but have been traveling from Oregon to Washington to Alaska, they know where you’ve been. How many Americans could point to the correct side of a map to identify Yukon Territories from Ontario or Saskatchewan ?
Judd and I are still studying, still embarrassed.
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