Day 3 - A Smart Change of Plans

Well, it didn't take too long for us to change our (very detailed) plans, but we'll get to that in a minute. Gord's great napping during the day may have contributed to a baby who was not ready to sleep until after 9:00, sigh. Nevertheless, he was up and ready to go at 5:40, so we all got up.

After briefly flirting with the idea of having a quick breakfast, the bugs won again and we made a quick retreat. No worries though, as T made a bunch of PB and Js to go along with our healthy collection of GORP, apples and chocolate chip bran muffins! 

T had Gord sleeping after a little while and we continued our trek to the North shore of Lake Superior. Around every corner was another breath-taking view.

Finally he woke up at about 10:00 just outside of Scheiber ON, and the search for our breakfast/lunch stop began. That's when we came across the village of Rossport. To say Rossport is a small town is a bit of an understatement, their Wikipedia page lists their pop. at 66. But he was crying and we could eat - so when we saw the sleepy homes on the picturesque shore we stopped. The only real restaurant we could find (Serendipity Garden Cafe and Guest House) didn't open until 11:00, so we headed for the playground on the beach. 

The water was like ice, but there was a lovely breeze so we walked along the shore and waited for our brunch. The good news was that it was worth the wait - Serendipity was lovely, and the home made veggie burger, spanicopita, and chocolate sundae all made Gord happy!

So then we got back on the road. With a belly full of food G was down pretty quick, so T and I could talk. Needless to say, by the time we got to our destination for the night (Sleeping Giant Provincial Park) we had some questions for the staff: what was the bug situation (dire, we swatted double digits in the park office); was there a way to get a site NOT in the bush (more breeze = fewer bugs, but there was no way, the park was full); and finally, what would be the refund if we cancelled - it was nearly full! So that's how we found ourselves in the Airlane Hotel in Thunder Bay!  

Yup. It was a discount hotel we found n Hotwire, and while the place reminds me a little of Jack and 'redrum', we have A/C, we went for a swim, and best of all no bugs.

Tomorrow we'll start our day 60 km closer to Winnipeg, and we won't have to break camp before we leave. In sum, we're happy with our decision. 

So Happy Canada Day tomorrow, we'll see how the 'Peg fetes our national BDay.

TOTAL FUEL FILL UPS: 2

DAILY WILDLIFE: moose (up close on the road from Lake Superior PP), black bear (up close tearing up a dead fall on the road to Sleeping Giant PP).