Wayward Newlyweds – Day 14: Lake Nipigon

From Lake to Lake

It was hard to leave the lake. We woke up to sunshine and waves. I found a little pool that had a dry spot to sit and have my feet in the water. It was nice and refreshing first thing in the morning. We packed up and had some fruit and a protein bar for breakfast and headed out around 9:30am.

We were headed up North toward highway 11. We decided on a music day, so we turned up the tunes and rolled the windows down. It was an easy drive with a few stops for construction (it is still Canada).  We had to go through Thunder Bay and Dodd learned that there was no actual bay called Thunder Bay as he seemed to think there was. Eventually we figured out that all his life he had been convinced that Hudson’s Bay was actually called Thunder Bay and that the town of Thunder Bay was on or near ‘Thunder Bay’ (Hudson’s Bay)…After much discussion and convincing that Hudson’s Bay was actually the bay in question, we ended up getting gas in the city of Thunder Bay…which is in fact on Lake Superior. There was a brief thought of making a side trip to get our feet wet in another of the Great Lakes, but timing was not on our side, and we decided to save that for another trip.

We found lake Nipigon easily and roosted at a rest stop with a few little parking spots in the trees. We got out some food when we got there and ate before setting up the car. This was a mistake because some sudden wind and rain came up. Dodd had to get our rain coats because the rain was blowing into the picnic shelter. We played a round of Strip Jack Naked (ask my mom Karen about that one). Then tried some Crib without a board. We only got through one hand of that and decided it was time for bed. We cleared up our dinner garbage and threw it out. Just as we were finishing up, a fox came padding out of the trees. It stopped and stared for a bit. I whipped out my phone and tried to get some pictures. I got a little too close and it lopped away back into the trees. I went to finish the last set up for the car, and the fox came back! I tried again to get a photo, but it didn’t really work. Dodd was headed for the bathroom, and it looked like the fox was following him, but I think it was more interested in the garbage cans near by than Dodd.

 

We snuggled into the car around 9:30. I did some blog writing and Dodd read for a while. Once again we set a hopeful alarm for about 7am, with best intentions to get an early start. We shall see how it went!

Cheers

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