Today we just rolled along from last night's site to this one. Nice day for the drive, even some tailwinds. Back at Kenora we had about 1880 km to go to get home. We've split it into 3 days of pretty close to 600 km each (400 miles), so comfortable days, time to stop etc. It was a beautiful day to drive this road today, great views especially heading south from Wawa.
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| Foggy in places early on... |
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| But cleared up nicely later in the morning |
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| The usual Winnie stop in White River, kind of a halfway point in Ontario |
Right in the town of White River we saw some railcars for housing work crews (we assumed), something we've never seen before:
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| Hard to read in the picture, but "Do Not Hump" sticker on the dorm car |
At the Wawa tourist info center:
Also at the Tourist Info Center, we parked next to a somewhat unusual camper:
The owner said when he was getting ready to travel fulltime, he decided he wanted something safe. So he bought a highway tractor that had about 750,000 miles on it, and fixed it up as his tow vehicle. It cost him less than a new medium-duty truck would have.
He said the most expensive customization was taking off the 2 rear axles and installing just one. This made the rig more manoeuvrable and got rid of the commercial vehicle designation in his home state of Washington. Much cheaper licensing etc.
He's towing a 2003 Newmar Mountain Air 35 ft 5th wheel trailer. Unusually, this trailer has dual wheels on each of the 2 axles, for a total of 8 tires. Very solid.
The Smart Car is loaded and unloaded via ramps that store in the platform under the car.
After a pit stop at the Sault Ste Marie Walmart and a fuel topup, we headed east on Hwy 17 to Thessalon, camping for the night at Lakeview Park. Nicely named, far enough off the highway so virtually no traffic noise, just waves on the beach:
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| Nice sandy beach just across the town road from camp |
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| Moonrise at the beach |
Today's route:
Safe travels on ur way home!!
ReplyDeleteNice cooler morning here (again),,,
Expecting hot again for weekend,,
Better not complain ,,
Have a good drive today!
Wonderful scenery along that route!
ReplyDeleteIt was a gorgeous drive today, much better weather than the trip out (and no extra smoke today).
DeleteI have driven that route a few times in the 1970's and always enjoyed the scenery. We have seen few rigs similar to that one towing a 5th wheel with smart car on the back, works for pretty good for some people. Much larger than we would like though.
ReplyDeleteToo big for us too (of course, most rigs are bigger than we'd like), but it seemed to work well for the owner. He averages about 8mpg US.
DeleteGord.