After driving west through Canada, clearly the most sensible plan was to fly all the way back east to the UK! We are not going to be home for Christmas and with a friends wedding and a college reunion within a week of each other it seemed like a great opportunity to catch up with friends and family. In the spirit of our road trip we still managed to cover 1207 miles (1931 km). Many thanks to everyone who provided us with accommodation - we had a fantastic time catching up with people who we haven’t seen in far too long. [View Full Entry]

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Thanks to everyone who is reading our blog - the comments are excellent. Apologies for the slight delay posting this latest instalment. Our main reason for heading to Saskatoon was to see the fireworks festival. We also decided that pitching a tent right by the river probably wasn't the best plan so we booked only our 3rd night not under canvas on the trip so far. The fireworks were excellent though we thought they would last a little longer. Early next morning we headed south after the largest portion of French toast either of us had ever seen at a [View Full Entry]

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Arrival in Thunder Bay brought the prospect of lots of stormy weather which meant Jon couldn’t hold back. Considerable time was spent designing and redesigning a suitable tarp strategy ensuring that run off would be away from any tent/dining shelter and eventually lead back to the lake. All the tarps were used, and after some adjustment and re-adjustment a well deserved glass of Shiraz was quaffed by the lake in the pre-storm sunshine. Finally, after 2 days of constant rain, the weather broke, and we embarked on a hike up the Sleeping Giant, which has a special place in First Nation [View Full Entry]

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We've started! Woo-hoo. This is the first blog entry for our trip. We anticipate, that there will be approx 1 e-mail every 2 weeks. If you would like to unsubscribe, the details are in the base e-mail. The first day really didn't feel any much different to a usual Friday if we were going camping. 1) Chuck everything in the car. 2) Battle with traffic on the 400. 3) Drive about 4 or 5 hours and set up a tent in Restoule Provincial Park, a location we had visted a number of times before. This time it was different. This time [View Full Entry]

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