Left Stillwater tent & trailer park, Nipigon Bay, Ont.
Temps: 12C
Sunny and cool
After a cold night (10 C) we again packed damp to hit the road. It was actually sunny for the first fifteen minutes but once we were along the shores of Lake Superior we were enshrouded in very heavy mist and fog. It might as well have been raining, we wouldn’t have got wetter!
The first view of Lake Superior was breathtakingly spectacular. Our vantage point was very high and we could see well out into the lake with surrounding high precipitous headlands and a large blocky mountainous island in view…not sure of the name of it.
From there almost all the way to Thunder Bay the view was mostly obscured with fog or trees, then, got progressively better as we went along. We came across some beautiful beaches and small lakes regularly.
We saw two more black bears along the way.
We also saw eight police cars with speed guns but never got stopped, lucky us!
We had a few small showers but the sky was looking pretty black by the time we wanted to stop. We pulled into the Aspey Park and Campground and got their very last site ten feet from the edge of a beautiful lake. While we were setting up the sky opened and dumped such a heavy rain on us that the ground was covered in two inches of running water. The lightning flashed, the thunder roared, and after half an hour the sun came out and we had a gorgeous rainbow and a very wet tent!
We had gone a long way and were so tired that we were all asleep by nine thirty!
Kilometres - Daytrip: 874 km total: 29,388
Gas: $62
Lodging: Aspey Park & Campground, Espanola, Ont.
# posted by Richard and Susie @ 3:07 PM
