Sioux Lookout - Here we Come

Adventures along the way to Sioux Lookout:

Day 1:

We have a thing about rain.  We arrived in New Brunswick in the rain and now we're leaving it behind in the rain.

It's an emotional time for Devon and Katherine as they are now leaving New Brunswick for new adventures in a new place.

A truck stop is the worst place for a rest stop for a baby.  Wait ---- there are rocks, sticks and flowers?  It's the best rest stop!

The chaos of five people, a dog and a cat living together in a 5th-wheel trailer.  Sometimes Devon and Katherine slept in a tent and sometimes the couch was pulled out and everyone slept in here.





Our first night's stay in Levis, Quebec.  A lovely spacious site.

Day 2:




Trucks and trailers don't go through drive-through so someone is sent on the coffee run while the rest wait in the parking lot.




Never try to convoy three vehicles together through Montreal, or, for that matter, Gatineau/Ottawa.  We lost each other at the first light and everyone was on their own.  Each of us found a different route through and we made it to our rendezvous spot unscathed but with some nerves frayed. I drove the 5th-wheel trailer through Montreal alone with classical music and a GPS to guide me.



Jack, the cat rode in the Butler and lived in his kennel.  In fact, even in the campground he'd go hide in the kennel rather than face the world.

We stayed outside of Cobden, Ontario in a grassy field camping site, able to have the vehicles parked right across from the trailer.

Day 3:



'Nough said.



Still smiling! 
We're on our way, up the Ottawa Valley and then over towards Sudbury and Sault St. Marie.



Now this is a better lunch stop.  Someone was sent on a McDonald's run, while the animals and Elliott had a good long stretch break.




There's always an extra adventure thrown in.  But God is good.  This could have happened at a truck stop, or along the side of the road somewhere, but it was in the campground at Serpent River. We discovered the situation in the evening, allowing time to make arrangements for repairs in the morning.  God is good.

Day 4:

Devon took the car in to Blind River and got a new starter installed and we were on our way by noon.





Garth lived in the back seat of the Duke.





We figured out a system of everyone travelling on their own and meeting up at the campground at the end of the day.  Turns out we all met up for lunch at the same place in Sault St. Mairie.



  

This boy was done.  We stopped for a run-around break at a trail head parking lot.  Sticks, flowers, stones, and no traffic.  That was the best stop.



The campground at Wawa had a pool!  We had enough time to relax a bit.



Ontario is beautiful with lots of lakes and trees.  But this time we're on a mission and aren't stopping enough to look around.  Maybe next time.

Day 5

Travelling as a large group with three vehicles takes longer even though we aren't stopping to sight-see.  As a result, Devon (and Jack the cat) decided to go on ahead (with the U-Haul) and get to Sioux Lookout in one day.  The rest of us would take a slower pace and take another night on the road.





Beautiful northern Ontario, following along the shores of Lake Superior.  It's a big lake and takes all day.  I wish we'd had time for some of the view points, but that would also disturb a sleeping boy so we continued on.



Gotta run!



We saved the best for last.  We stayed at the KOA outside of Thunder Bay.  It had a pool, a splash park, and we even had our dinner served pool side.  Resort camping for sure.  What a wonderful way to end our last camping night together.

Day 6:

One last day of convoying together.

Devon had arrived last night.  The people they will be staying with have been so generous to them already, allowing them to store their stuff from the U-Haul in their house, and getting a group of their friends to help unload it.  And, driving the U-Haul back to a depot an hour away.  This is such a blessing.






It's a Hildebrand tradition to eat at Subway at least once on a vacation/road trip.  Today was the day.  Making it a picnic was even better.



We did it!  We're in Sioux Lookout.

Devon, Katherine and Elliott (plus Jack and Garth) are beginning the first day of their next adventure in life.  We will help unload and then we continue on with our adventures, looking forward to a few days in Killarney.