Day 5, Lake Superior Circle Tour

We woke up to see frost on the pumpkins and everything else outdoors. It's a nice crisp fall day. No more wind or rain.

We enjoyed our breakfast in a box and were off at 9:30. When we went through Schreiber we saw the motel I almost booked—didn't look too appetizing. Sure glad I found the Serendipity instead.

Stopped at Aguasabon Falls and Gorge. There's a lovely boardwalk down to the falls. Good job Canada! Also good signage on the highway.

We found the scenic pulloff at Little Pic River and Gorge. There's a sign that says, “No overnight camping.” Somebody inserted “pretentious” in front of camping.

Stopped in Marathon. Seems to be a company town—all the houses are identical. Think there was once a paper mill there—not sure if it's still active or not. Didn't see any sign of it. Went to Pebble Beach—covered with large, round pebbles and LOTS of driftwood. Apparently the waves and the ice smooth the pebbles and rearrange the beach every year.

We picked up some food at a grocery store in Marathon with a view to having a picnic later at one of the lovely picnic tables we kept finding by the side of the road. Well, of course, when you want a picnic table, there aren't any. There was absolutely no place to stop until we got to White River, which is Winnie the Poo's home town. So we had lunch with Poo in a nice park.

Question of the day: why are all of the trucks on the highway going west? We have seen exactly one truck going our way. Very strange.

We've observed lots of inukshuks and stacked rocks on top of rock ledges along the way. Very cool.

Arrived in Wawa and stopped to see the goose and visit the information centre. Very helpful woman there who confirmed what we had planned to see and recommended a good restaurant for dinner. Drove downtown to see the beach area by the lake. Stopped at the General Store on the way back out for souvenirs and sinful ice cream cones. Someone in the General Store informed us that the maples are peaking around Sault Ste Marie, so we're looking forward to the scenery tomorrow.

Headed to the Magpie Scenic High Falls outside of town and on the way to the Parkway Motel where we're spending the night. Pretty impressive falls.

We then checked in, computed a bit, and went to dinner at Kinniwabi Pines which advertises itself as having Canadian, Chinese, Caribbean, and European food! What a combo. Dinner was pretty good and we'll probably have breakfast there tomorrow as well.