Traveling in the North Country

Canada 2024

This will contain the daily blog of our travels.

Hopefully we'll be able to update it every day.

Summary

Saturday, July 27, 2024
Summary

Here’s a summary from our trip, we like to record this information to help us remember details about the trip and the places we visited.
All the numbers...

Home Safely

Friday, July 26, 2024

After an uneventful drive today, we’re home and getting settled in.
I’ll do a summary tomorrow.

Silver Mound

Thursday, July 25, 2024

So while perusing the KOA pamphlet they give you on check-in, Brian noticed a trail pointing to ‘National Historic Silver Mound’, and being the curious...

Fishless in Spooner

Thursday, July 25, 2024
Fishless in Spooner

Forgot one thing from yesterday, we stopped at the Grand Portage Casino after we crossed back into the US to exchange our Canadian money. They gave each...

Slow Start

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Slow Start

We had a bit of a slow start this morning, got all packed up and when I went to start the truck to hook up, it wouldn’t start 😦
Tried some simple...

An Adventurous Day

Tuesday, July 23, 2024
An Adventurous Day

While we didn’t ride any snowmobiles today, we did have quite the adventures!
Started the day in the ‘Diamond Willow’ amethyst mine digging for treasures....

The Long Drive

Monday, July 22, 2024
The Long Drive

Not a lot to talk about today (aren’t you glad!), as we spent the day driving from Wawa to Thunder Bay.
It’s only 285 miles, but due to the curves...

A Day in the Park and Beyond

Sunday, July 21, 2024
A Day in the Park and Beyond

Today we spent the day mostly in Lake Superior Provincial Park south of Wawa. Decided to drive to the southern end of the park first thing, then work...

What Goes Around, Comes Around!

Saturday, July 20, 2024
What Goes Around, Comes Around!

Today was an interesting drive from Ivanhoe Lake to Wawa. Apparently the road is only used by crazy people like us. We had one stretch where we went...

We're Back Online!

Friday, July 19, 2024
We're Back Online!

Today we’re back online, so I’ll post about yesterday. Been forgetting to mention the lack of wildlife we’ve seen. Up until yesterday, we’ve only seen...

No Internet

Friday, July 19, 2024

No post tonight, we’re in a Provincial Park in the middle of nowhere, very spotty internet access.

Exploring Cobalt - Above and Below Ground

Thursday, July 18, 2024
Exploring Cobalt - Above and Below Ground

So we were planning on the 10am underground mine tour, but a funny thing happened this morning on the way to Cobalt. We ended up following a bus full...

Cobalt, Where all the silver comes from!

Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Cobalt, Where all the silver comes from!

We packed up camp and headed north to the town of Cobalt. This is the town where 9 out of 10 of Donna’s grandfather George’s brothers and sisters were...

Visiting the Past

Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Visiting the Past

Today we started by driving east around Lake Nippising to the town of Callander where we visited one of two museums dedicated to the Dionne Quintuplets....

Big Change!

Monday, July 15, 2024
Big Change!

Started the day getting some new wheel chocks for the camper as one of ours failed, they do keep the camper more stable when large folk are walking around...

Into Canada

Sunday, July 14, 2024
Into Canada

Drove through the ‘UP' to the USA/Canada border in Sault Ste. Marie, it was surprising how green everything was, normally by this time of the year it’s...

First day drive

Saturday, July 13, 2024

So after a bit of a slow start we’re up at the Island Resort and Casino campground just west of Escanaba, Michigan. The casino is about 3/4 of a mile...