What a large day! Before heading out, we made a stop at the Big Nickel in Sudbury. Now that’s a nickel.
After that we made a stop for coffee with a friend of Jerry’s he hadn’t seen in 10 years. We had a great chat and a fabulous piece of pecan pie….dessert isn’t only for evening meals! We headed out again, a little behind our scheduled time so we rode a bit longer today with shorter breaks until just before we got to Sault St. Marie. We caught site of Lake Huron at one of the gas stops, made out way through Sault St. Marie and the real riding and scenery started…rolling hills, a few great corners but the views…the views of Lake Superior as you are cresting the top of a long hill, are breath taking. We made a few stops to take some pictures and finally rolled into Wawa getting on 6:30 pm….we made a stop at the Big Goose….
This goose has a long history in Wawa….it was built to attract people to stop in Wawa when they built the “new” transcanada highway to go right past Wawa. Wawa was always on the route. It shares this history with many areas in Newfoundland, and was a reminder to at least one of our travellers as a similar experience for Corner Brook.
Wawa also has a connection to NB through Lord and Lady Dunn who helped keep the mine going for a time.
We also made a visit to Young’s General store (pictures to be posted later below). We checked in, showered and head for supper at the Viking Restaurant…only to be turned away because they ran out of….everything! So supper at Subway tonight…worked out anyway as we were late getting supper (8 pm) and we had a few things to sort out for our trip tomorrow……we will be on our way to Thunder Bay!
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