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North America » Canada » Ontario » Fort Frances September 17th 2008

THIS IS A TEST TO TEACH ALISON HOW TO SEE OUR UPDATES AS WE TRAVEL. AND TO TEACH ME HOW TO DO THIS.... read more

North America » Canada » Ontario » Fort Frances September 12th 2008

North America » Canada » Ontario » Fort Frances August 8th 2007

Heading Towards Dryden Wednesday, 8 August 2007 Although my ride yesterday had been really quite enjoyable, I wasn’t sure I felt like having Bob drop me off where he’d picked me up, so that I could ride another 60 kilometres away from Fort Frances, meaning he’d have to travel 120 km to return to pick me up. On that ride I’d noticed another highway, #502, which travels north from highway 11, heading towards Dryden, which is about 200+ kilometres away. I thought I’d maybe give it a try, and, when Bob spoke with Darell this morning about our dinner plans, Darell said it was a nice road, a lot quieter than highway 11 and maybe more scenic. Again, I asked Bob to drop Silver & me off at the same place we’d used yesterday, the driveway ... read more
08 aug '07 View of railway trestle, Fort Frances, Ont
08 aug '07 View up Hwy 502, near Fort Frances, Ont
08 aug '07 That's not paint, it's different colours within the rock itself, Hwy 502, near Fort Frances, Ont

North America » Canada » Ontario » Fort Frances August 7th 2007

Flying Along 11 Tuesday, 7 August 2007 Today it was cloudy, windy & rain threatened to affect my ride. Just in case there were problems with the road & weather, I took Silver, who is a bit better equipped for those conditions. Also, there is a bridge & causeway connecting Fort Frances to the “mainland”, and I was somewhat hesitant to ride over it with the winds blowing. Good thing, too, because there was virtually NO extra space on the roadway there for a bicycle, especially one that might be blown into the path of a vehicle coming from behind. It’s funny in a way because Bob, who’s quite skittish over high, narrow bridges, did not remember this bridge from our earlier arrival in Fort Frances, in June, and after we’d crossed a small bridge at ... read more
07 aug '07 View of Rainy Lake from Hwy 11, near Fort Frances, Ont
07 aug '07 View ahead along Hwy 11, near Fort Frances, Ont
07 aug '07 Couple of inuksuks, along Hwy 11, near Fort Frances, Ont

North America » Canada » Ontario » Fort Frances August 6th 2007

Return to the Fort Monday, 6 August 2007 Today we left our temporary home at Lakeview, heading south towards Fort Frances. For myself the plan was to cycle from the point where I stopped yesterday to the hotel where we were booked - NOT the same place as in June! My bicycle of choice was Blue, as I’d used Silver quite a bit lately. The bicycle felt really light, easy to “push”, and I enjoyed it immensely, although, as usual, the traffic was sometimes a bit “scary”, especially in spurts on Highway 11. The skies clouded up as I was approaching the motel, and rain actually had begun when I pulled into the lot. Bob & Panna were outside waiting for me. Seems she’d been unwell, tummy upset, diarrhea, etc, so he had taken her out ... read more

North America » Canada » Ontario » Fort Frances June 15th 2007

A DUMP & SEEING A FRIEND Friday, 15 June ‘07 Today we let Panna have another walk thru the woods, minus the swim (it was almost chilly, considering how hot it had been on Thursday), then continued on to Fort Frances. Again, we saw beautiful lakes & rivers & insanely huge hills. Even some of the transport trucks, those which were carrying heavy loads, were struggling to reach the top, and imagine how it must have felt to keep all that under control on the descent. East of Thunder Bay the scenery was a bit less “exciting”, though it will be nice to return & visit the Terry Fox Memorial Lookout. We did see a camper van with Oklahoma license plates - wonder what the driver thought of it all. There was also a long highway ... read more
15 june '07 Cap'n Darell at the helm, Fort Frances, On




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