Terrific day two

leaving SSM

We continued along the TransCanada all day, and had some experiences with truckers that gave me the warm fuzzies- lots of nice friendly waves and smiles, and once even a flash of headlights to warn of a speed trap ahead! The weather has been warm enough to do our run-laps-around-the-car-on-driver-switches in a t-shirt. No snow today, and another beautiful sunny afternoon.

My stretches of driving today were mostly on empty highway- it's a neat feeling to check the rearview and side mirrors and see only a line of concrete, trees, rocks and sky. I understand now how people can enjoy driving, which is certainly good timing, with 6000km left to go on this trip :)

Today's soundtrack included Buck65, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Valery Gore, Andrew Bird, electronica from the 90s, Ben Harper and DMB. We got into an audiobook loaned from a friend called Seeing Through Native Eyes, and it's awesome so far.

Although we're far from home now, the generosity of our friends and fam still brightens our day- a gift card from Cailey and Steve bought us lunch and coffees, another one from the Wallises and Jennifer paid for our gasoline. Boyd and Nancy's CAA got us a deal at Super 8, and Heather G's last two gingerbread cookies were a tasty afternoon snack!

I'm posting this message from the Madhouse Tavern Grill, our favourite place in TBay. We're here for the sauteed mushrooms, chicken club and Greek salad. Tonight we're going to stay in a motel in Kakabeka Falls, just so we get to say Kakabeka Falls over and over. Also so that we are close to the falls for an early-morning sightsee tomorrow.

Some community news from Northern Ontario:
- Wawa is fundraising for a new Canada Goose statue
- Dubreuilville is having a Strong Man competition Sept 10-12
- All scenic lookouts and points of interest everywhere are covered in snow and closed for the season!

Today's Tallies
- Provincial parks driven through/by: 13 (Lake Superior Provincial Park has the honour of Best Lake Names- we passed Mom Lake, Dad Lake and Baby Lake!)
- National parks: 1
- A&Ws: 4
- Most expensive gas: 135.9/L
- Species of wildlife seen: 1 (ravens)

- Today's distance: 700km
- Total distance: 1445km

:) Lauren