Driving the Superior

 

As many of you know my husband and I have recently moved  to a Northern Ontario community.

 It is located almost exactly half way between Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay.

If we want to shop in the 'Big' city we have to drive five hours to one city or the other.

 We opted for Thunder Bay this time.

 



The scenery is gorgeous as you drive along the lake.

There are many high cliffs or what I call mini-mountains!

When we arrived we booked a room at The Prince Arthur.

It's a historic hotel located near the waterfront in the old downtown of Thunder Bay.

My husband always wanted to stay at The Prince Arthur

and now he can say that he has.

We had a beautiful view of the harbour and waterfront from our hotel window.

We later walked the over-pass and toured the park just like we often did when we had lived there several years ago.

Here is a close-up of the lighthouse.

You can see from this photo what a gorgeous day it was there Saturday.









This is a photo of the Sleeping Giant.

 I wasn't able to take my own because it was cloud covered while we were there.

The Sleeping Giant is Thunder Bay's 50 million ton mascot!

The Ojibway people, who have made Lake Superior their home for over 500 years, identify the Sleeping Giant as Nanabijou.

Ojibway legend has it that Nanabijou was turned to stone when the secret location of a rich silver mine was disclosed.

If you are looking for a summer vacation, the Circle Tour around Lake Superior has fabulous scenery.

 I like it in both the summer and the fall when the foliage colours are so vibrant.

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I couldn't close without showing you a photo of the most patient man in the world.

 Well, at least he was on Saturday!

My MIL and I dragged him through two Salvation Army shops, a Value Village store, Canadian Tire, The Home Depot, The Home Store, Dollarama,  and then on to The Hoito to eat.

Finally, after hours at Wal-Mart I ask him if he would mind running over to Chapters for me to buy a book I had picked out for him for Father's Day.

He was more than happy to oblige.

All in all he's a pretty good guy, I think.

I hope you all had a good Father's Day weekend as well.

                                                      Blessings-Kimberly