Couldn't have said it better myself
As if we needed motivation to book it, we had a storm front chasing us out of Manitoba. We managed to keep just ahead of it, but the CBC was announcing a storm warning in effect for pretty much everywhere. So as we approached Kenora we had to come up with a game plan.
Welcome to Kenora
Being in Kenora was akin to this moment in cinematic history: "Hi... I'm in Delaware"
We needed to find a place to camp before the weather hit, but really didn't want to set up camp in the rain. Staying at a motel was seriously going to eat into our traveling budget, and the weather looked like it might hold out, so we grabbed a bite to eat in town and kept on truckin'. We were hoping to find another campsite just off the highway (and prayed to God it was going to be better than our last site).
They don't call this, "Land of a Billion Lakes" for nothing. Also please note the X-(sha)Wing.
Not too far out of Kenora, there was a highway sign advertising a campsite that had Wifi and we were sold, seeing as our last site didn't even have toilet paper. Also there was (A) more than one sign indicating it's location and (B) it looked like someone had actually paid money for them to be made and maintained. So already we were doing better than last night. As far as we could tell we ended up some place close to here (see below) since the Garmin had basically given up trying to locate us.
Welcome to Crystal Lake:
It was so good it earned larger font
This place had an actual official-looking office
After signing in and setting up camp, we walked down the to beach. No one else was around, so figured it would be okay if we cooled off some beers in the lake. We sat out out here, drinking and watching a loon fish for it's dinner. It was nice to actually feel like we were on vacation for a while, just enjoying the moment and each others company. Finally we were being rewarded for living through the previous night. Also that "storm" seemed to blow over or dissipate or whatever since it was a pretty clear evening.
I really wanted to say here another night. But Cam talked sense into me, since any kind of town was a good ways out and we were running dangerously low on supplies.
(Okay this is a serious side story, but I'm at the airport right now trying to fly back to Montreal from Halifax where I've been visiting with my sister before she moves to Europe for school. Hence the back to back updates. Anyhow, there's a man sitting behind talking on the phone that sounds EXACTLY like Bill Murray. I don't even want to turn around in fear that it isn't actually him. A girl can dream.)
Back to the story...
Oh, they even had a beach volleyball area
It was something like $20 to stay here for the night. Needless to say, if you're in the area, sort your life out and stay here. Do it.
Before we go any further we need to have a little chat about "Night Danger". Which makes me think of "Night Moves" which obviously makes me think of "Night Cheese". If you aren't familiar with 30 Rock, there's no time like the present.
Anyhow night danger is a real thing in Ontario (apparently) and they like to tell you about it. A LOT. I'm going to spoiler Sunday (yes I know it's only Friday) again and tell you right now we never saw any damn meece, that's the plural of moose right? Not even one. Not even a little bit.
We did however see a few black bear bums, a couple of deer, at least one buck and a foxish thing. Here are the ones we got photos of:
Okay you're definitely going to have to blow this one up, but I swear there is a animal in this photo.
And this is obviously a deer. We had to drive really slow to get this photo.
I really want to do the Thunder Bay entry some justice since I have a friend who is really looking forward to it so I'm going to leave you here for now. If all goes to plan, I'm going to be back in Montreal tonight so it might be a few days until I update again. Don't fret, this has been a lot of fun, so I promise it'll be under a week for the next update.
Yay! That is all.
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