Day #4- Thunder Bay to Winnipeg

Day 4- Thunder Bay to Winnipeg

We woke up at our campsite and it had rained overnight so packing up the tent was wet. After a quick breakfast at the site, we went to Robin’s Donuts because we had seen many driving in town yesterday and had ecided it was a must to go there before leaving! We drove through Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. They have a bike shack on campus, basically a huge bike parking enclosed place, great! There were a few newer and nice buildings.

Just before Dryden, we entered the Central Standard Time Zone! We gained one hour!

In Dryden we stopped for,lunch at a HuskyStop and gas and then as we were leaving we saw a giant moose statue and a sheep outside a wool store.

During our lunch, we noticed an older couple who kept staring at us.  The girls were at one table, being girls who had been driving for 3 days, silly but not annoying.  Grant and I were at a table next to them, chatting and laughing at, with, them.  After the couple finished their lunch, the gentleman came over to our table and said “there is something VERY wrong with your family.”  We were a little taken a back until a few moments later he said “you are a family ACTUALLY talking to each other.  No devices, you’re all talking.  You don’t see that anymore!”  We chatted with them for a while, turns out they are from Parksville BC heading to Timmons, both of us four days into our trips! We will be visiting Parksville later in our trip.

On to Kenora.  In Kenora, still in Ontario, we stopped by the beautiful waterfront at Husky the Muskie, a GIANT fish.

We finally got out of Ontario and were welcomed by the blue Manitoba sign!

Entering Winnipeg we noticed the land getting flatter and flatter with less and less tress. It was replaced with more and more yellow canola fields, wheat and other grains/crops. We passed the Center of Canada about 9 km east of Winnipeg.

We stayed at the Fairmont Winnipeg, a big upgrade from camping and Canada’s Best Value Inn! We walked to the Forks for dinner. On the way we walked by the Human Rights Museum, a beautiful building.

Jaida volunteered to be the one to sleep on the floor in her sleeping bag!