Monday 11 August 2008

Our Trip to Thunder Bay 2008

 

We covered over 3,300 km of road and have seen our share of Best Western hotels for a while. Weather at home was generally rainy but we managed to somehow stay in a bubble of sunshine everywhere we went. We found some great shopping deals in Michigan. One stop was the world's largest Christmas store. Yup they have every kind of ornament or doohicky you could think of for Christmas.
Allan found it a moving experience to revisit the location of the family cottage. We found a Bed and Breakfast place to stay just a few doors down from the old cottage. So Allan got up and took sunrise pictures.
Thunder Bay's famous attraction is the view of the Sleeping Giant. Also, we saw the Terry Fox Monument which is just 10 miles West of Allan's former cottage on the shores of Lake Superior.
The city has grown, childhood friends have moved away, old schools torn down but much of the old city's memories remain. I found out the two miles I walked to school turned out to be just one kilometre. It seemed much longer as a child. We had a great time and enjoyed the scenery and the time together. Click here to see the pictures.
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