Category Archives: Travel

Canada is known to have very high cost cell phone plans. We are quite used to paying close to $100 a month for cell phone plans that include unlimited calling, texting and enough data to meet our needs. Coverage is typically good for these full service plans and it’s hard to imagine not having goodContinue reading “Canadian phones in Mexico”

A visit to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum really doesn’t count as much of a wander as it is only 8 km from home, but it is a pretty cool place to visit. Today was SkyFest, with various visiting aircraft to augment the usual impressive collection of planes, as part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations.Continue reading “Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum”

The final part of the drive was long, even though we broke it up by taking the ferry again, from South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island to Tobermory. This time we could actually see the islands and the great expanse of Georgian Bay as there was no fog, although we could see rain off in theContinue reading “The final stretch home from Sault Ste. Marie”

Wildlife sightings on this trip include 2 bears, a fox, 4 deer and today a MOOSE. Right at the side of the TransCanada Highway near Terrace Bay there was a moose in the brush. We knew not to get out of the car and just watch carefully, and the moose was not the least bitContinue reading “Back to the Sault, almost home”

Our luck continues with many things. Today a deer sauntered across the TransCanada highway in front of us, and we saw a bear watching us from the side of the highway. Good sightings and no collisions. No pictures either, but I was busy driving. Plus we have had very little rain on this trip, andContinue reading “Heading home via Lake Nipigon”

Mount McKay is a scenic lookout over Thunder Bay, on Fort Williams First Nations land. The view over Thunder Bay is spectacular, but so is the mafic sill itself (apparently this is what it is called). Fort Williams National Historic Site is a key reason I wanted to come to Thunder Bay. It turns outContinue reading “Thunder Bay, Ontario”

So many times today we rounded a bend and went ‘wow’ as the scenery on the TransCanada Highway to Thunder Bay is spectacular. Unfortunately the places to stop and enjoy the view are far from the best vantage points, so I really don’t have any pictures that do it justice. At Nipigon the TransCanada highwayContinue reading “Nipigon to Thunder Bay”

What a day. It started with seeing a black bear run across the TransCanada highway in front of us (at a safe stopping distance) just outside Sault Ste. Marie and ended with an amazing waterfalls and gorge near Terrace Bay. In between were several other waterfalls, gorgeous sandy beaches, First Nations pictographs, Group of SevenContinue reading “Lake Superior”

Today was an event filled day, with some things that went exactly as planned and others that seemed to evolve as we went along but turned out spectacularly well. We started by exploring the waterfront, walking on the boardwalk along St. Mary’s river towards the Historic Canal and Lock area. It was all really quiteContinue reading “Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario”