Thursday July 26...Rained most of the morning, which cancelled our plan to roam Lake of the Woods. Too bad because Kenora is a classic scenic northern woods-and-rock-and-lakes kind of place. And where else can you see a bug made out of a Bug? But on we barreled into our own time zone and the overflowing Kakabeka Falls, higher than most that we saw in the Rockies. In Thunder Bay more historical murals told the local story, even in the rain. Found out that the grain elevators in this top-of-Lake Superior town can hold 100,000,000 bushels of grain. Sandwiches for all!!
Two sombre moments on the highway. First is the monument to Canadian Marathon of Hope hero Terry Fox, at the point where he had to give up his cross country run. Way to go, Terry! The other was an overturned semi. Way to go, idiot! Then majestic scenery for miles as the highway curved around the waterways like a lover caressing a thigh.
In honour of the London Olympics starting Friday, we tried to enter a Marathon but ended up only going to Halfway!
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