Thunder Bay

We arrived in Thunder Bay, Ontario yesterday after a pretty drive along the coastline. We stopped at Grand Marais for shopping and lunch – continued to “High Falls” on the Minnesota/Canadian border – then across the border to Ontario. I had to “off load” some wine to Bill & AnnaLee because customs only allowed so much per person!

I am writing in “live writer” and will upload this to my blog when we have internet service – we unplugged our Verizon card so we wouldn’t be charged “roaming” rates!

There was a vicious storm during the night and it was still nasty this morning but we took off exploring anyway. Guess it’s how the town got it’s name!

Kakabeka Falls, means “thunder water” in the native Indian language and is located just west of Thunder Bay. They are the highest falls in Canada. Sleeping Giant Provincial Park is here too – the cliffs look like a side view of a sleeping giant.

We ate breakfast for lunch at “Hoito” – a restaurant know for their skinny pancakes – like a crepe – and “clobbered milk” which is like homemade yogurt. The restaurant was started many years ago to offer plenty of good, low cost food for manual or “bush” workers in the area - “Hoito” means “caring” in Finnish. When in Rome…….

Amethyst is a semi-precious stone mined in the Thunder Bay area so, after lunch we went shopping at the Amethyst Gift Centre.

We all have our jeans, sweatshirts and winter coats out but are hoping for nicer weather tomorrow! Roger and I are suffering from “technology deprivation” without the internet!