Amythest and Moose

I asked the KOA lady which mine would be the best for us to get to. I know the Panorama Mine is quite difficult to get to unless you have a 4X4. We didn't want to unhook our tow vehicle if we didn't have to so she suggested Blue Point. The woman said how it was only a few miles off of the HWY and we could take our bus and park right at the mine. Those are words you would hope to trust coming from a camp host that saw our unit. This has happened to us many times now..."of course your bus will fit in our driveway" "Of course it will make it up a 4X4 dirt/mountain road". Sure enough the bus has made it up most roads, with some exceptions!
We found our destination road outside of Thunder Bay by about an hour. We made it onto the road and then it turned into a 1 lane dirt road that wasn't very well kept. We met a double loaded logging truck on the road, and lucky for us it was at a corner where it was just wide enough to pass! Whew! It was a very long 5 miles down the road. Once we got to the mine there was a huge turnaround that the fellow built. He directed us into the mine and we met some very nice miners. We worked for a short period of time collected our rocks and scrubbed the dirt off and we were on our way!
As we were heading down the HWY. Derek shouted "Moose". I didn't see it until we were right in front of them! It was a family Mama and 2 babies! They were just walking to cross the HWY and we were doing about 90!! With a trucker behind us following really close! Derek honked our horn as much as he could and started the braking process! Its a good thing the Mama Moose saw us at the last minute and decided to run the other way! You can tell in the picture how close we were to an unfortunate encounter.
On the same strech of HWY Derek saw a Wolf and we saw another male Moose but this time he was standing in some lake off of the road!

Ontario!

It always seems like a milestone when you reach the Ontario border. It will still take us 2 days to get to southern Ontario though! The roads until this point were a pleasure to drive. The roads get so bad from the weather up north and are very hard to maintain. We lost a lot of time during the construction stops.It was very scenic on the way to Thunder Bay! We stayed at the local KOA for the night and we headed off in the morning to the Amethyst Mines.

Oak Lake to Falcon Lake

Falcon Lake was a spot that we found by accident when we drove across 3 years ago. We were driving late at night and found this park to pull over at. When we woke up we couldn't believe our eyes! It's a Provincial Park with everything you could possibly need to stay content. The bakery has the most delicious cheese bread I have ever tasted. As you can see by the pictures, it's a beautiful lake! If you don't feel like camping out in the very well priced park, you can stay at one of the many resorts or try out your golfing at the local course!