My previous post was October 1. Since then we pointed east, more or less, and started driving. We began the trip home hoping we could shorten daily travel distance but that only worked for one day. On our second day Highway #1 through Crowsnest Pass was closed for construction which diverted us south along Highway #97 to Radium then east on Highway #95 through to Banff where we met Highway #1, That made what was a moderate day into a long day. After Calgary we abandoned all hope of short days and drove our seven hour days. There is no way to stop after five hours. No place is just five hours away from any other place.
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Winnipeg and a day of rest
We left Thunder Bay this morning in rain which continued at varying intensities until about 10 AM EDT. This was a time change day. All the electronics automatically changed to CDT but I will have to take a course before I change the car’s clock. Why can’t it change automatically too. It has GPS access and cellular access for the BlueLink remote control but apparently, the clock is too hard to do.
It takes the best part of three days to get out of Ontario. Sitting at 96° 48’ 35” W, situated in the town of Tache, Manitoba, just 30 minutes or so from the province’s capital city of Winnipeg is the Longitudinal Center of Canada. I know many Ontario’s think they own the centre but geographically it’s not so.
Continue Reading →Day 2, A Funny Thing happened…
A second long day on the road completed successfully in Thunder Bay. Today started in sunshine and as we began circling Lake Superior the temperature dropped from the mid teens down to five or six degrees celsius. Several times we drove through fog sufficiently dense to condense instantly on the windows. We could occasionally see huge banks of fog out over the lake but photos did them no justice. Although the temperature rose slowly throughout the day the sky became increasingly cloudy. I have added a few more photos although lack map information. We were frequently without cell phone service today.
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