Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Thunder Bay

Ouimet Canyon look out - a popular ice climbing area in winter




Kakabeka Falls



Thunder Oaks - Ontario's only Gouda cheese maker

Amethyst is mined 50kms north of Thunder Bay



Raiding garbage cans at a highway rest area

Kenora and Thunder Bay

The highway through Kenora ON was often cut through the rocks


Went to Hillcrest Park in ThunderBay and found

Canucks #9 Taylor Pyatt training with an extreme body trainer.


The Terry Fox Monument - It is overlooking the highway where his run ended.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Winnipeg

The Royal Canadian Mint - where they make the coins for Canada
plus other countries


A new commemorative 25 cents coin


The Forks - Winnipeg's Stanley Park/Granville Island

Pioneer Quest homestead site

The fields of flax and canola

The Pioneer Quest homestead site

Our tour guide Charles Amy showing the inside of one of the cabins.


Jeff brought home a couple of souveniers - ticks!

This one had his teeth started in the skin but a hot tweezer did the trick.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007


Running with the Moose


We are passing and winning


Canadian Shield rocks of Flin FlonChurchill Shoreline The muskeg and swamps around Churchill





Flin Flon to Swan River

Canola field in Swan River
Sunset in Churchill Close encounter with the Belugas
Ready to swim with the Belugas
At the Lazy Bear Lodge in Churchill

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Our Journey begins





Our Commander at Paska Lake.


With the Commander packed and Ford in tow we are on our way.

Our journey took us past Mt. Robson to Edmonton.

Bison at Elk Island Park near Edmonton


Overnight campout with Joe, Naomi & Kianna

Long stretchs of highway north of Edmonton, going to Cold Lake

Meadow Lake Prov Park SK has lots of little lakes that you drive by.

BUG season! Thankful we bought bug suites in Edmonton.