Something I think I haven’t seen much of since moving away from the prairies is the rivers of grass flowing in the wind. They really do ripple like water when the breeze blows just right. It’s the little things like that that I miss.
Yesterday I drove past the Yellow Brick Road but was sad to see it was NOT paved with bricks of any kind, just a plain ol’ dirt road.
The lupine flowers started gracing the roadsides around Thunder Bay and I noticed the dirt upturned during construction was red-tinged, almost as much as dirt in PEI.
Slightly red dirt (above and below)
I kept seeing anti-nuclear waste signs perched on people’s lawns. They didn’t provide much details so I couldn’t say what they were trying to get across. I think maybe they were anti-dumping nuclear waste in water?
A big portion of the road yesterday had signs with pictures of Terry Fox indicating it was the “Road of Courage.” I considered how amazing his legacy is, that there are still runs in his honour to raise funds for cancer research every September. It’s quite sad he never got to finish his run. However, there are people who have carried on his legacy - one person is walking across Canada as I type this. He was actually in Wolseley, SK the weekend before I was.
There was a really cool bridge over a gorge outside Nipigon. It reminded me of a harp. A big white harp with blue lights on it.
I wanted to get a photo closer to the bridge but it was harder due to the curved road. It’s hard to see the blue lights in this photo. The gorge below the bridge was beautiful.
I got my first view of Lake Superior (Nipigon Bay really but it’s all part of the Lake) around 2:30pm and it did not disappoint. Where I’m staying tonight is kind of at the corner of all three lakes (Superior, Michigan, and Huron). I learned how hotly contested these islands were during the war of 1812 when I was at the Fort St. Joseph National Historical Site this afternoon. But more about that in my next post! For now, I must escape the sunset mosquitos!
First views of Lake Superior (above and below)
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