Jeckle or Hyde ?
we're slowly making our way to Hog Town, Dog legging it km by km, and Hyde reappeared today. B.I.L. Started the day with a 6 am workout in the exercise room. A hard core road trip like this is all about Trans. Fats, cholesterol, greasy gut burgers, carbs. And junk food. Hale ordered a " fruity yogurt parfait" for breakie.....he's gone all corporate on me, and Dog gone it, we ain't no where near Bay St.
made 500 km today. I think the Dogs are panting a bit. Staying in the lowest rated motel in the town. Yikes.
After his corporate breakie this morning, Hyde scarfed down 8 slices of pizza for dinner. One strange stray Dog, this Hale. (B.I.L.-- brother in law)
Now then we have tried to keep this PG13 but may have to reclassify to R 18 . We do at least a rant a day, we just haven,t published prior rants. but today....
Rant 1:
Kakabeka Falls, $5.50 for a two minute visit. No avoiding as the ranger broad was there all happy raking in the dough.... A major Rip....
Rant 2:
the shell station pump in Thunder bay was the absolute worst. took 5 minutes to figure it out. No slot, lever to start it, but buttons had to pushed, info entered, and then the push to start button..... Brutal.
Rant 3:
the timmies line up at ( can,t remember) had no line up protocol whatever. A free for all ensued. I do believe it,s time to WRITE A LETTER.
Pics from today ...
Abandoned church in Upsala ...
Tourist shot and ripoff ... Kakabeka Falls
The Blog Meister hard at work ... It's 10pm and very light out ... R we north of the treeline?
Lot's of references to dogs in the blog ... old ones and it seems only fitting that a guest appearance be made by Super Dog ... aka Griz ... who seem to be missing the really old dog ..
DH: it's been kinda weird being back in Ontario and it was not off to a good start (but more on that later and the cause of one of my howlin' dog rants) but the change in geography is just amazing ... twisting roads cutting through the Canadian Shield and around every corner there seemed to be another blue sparkling late. Northern Ontario is stunningly beautiful. I've the bogs and spindly Black Spruce forests have their own charm. It's too bad that when many think of Ontario they think of Toronto, but this province too has much to offer and as far as large metropolitan cities go ... well even Toronto is pretty special. Having said all that there are hundreds of communities in interior of BC that I would love to retire to ... Rock Creek here i come in 10 years! Be prepared!
As JWK noted we've been holding back on our rants a little, but I'm afraid the flood gates are now open!
My biggest beef is entering Ontario from Manitoba ... there is the usual border sign and a small sign noting the Ontario Tourist Pavilion is a couple of kms down the road. We arrive at the rather substantial building only to find out that it is closed for the season ... WTF it's the end of June and our Tourist Information Building isn't open?!!!!! How hospitable is that? Is this yet another Dalton cutback? Not only do tourists welcome and need these information kiosks but so do the businesses along route who count on the almighty tourist dollar ... and what about the university and college students who "man" these buildings and provide invaluable support to travelers! On one hand the governments talk so much about the almighty Tourist Dollar and then this?!!!!
Okay, so I'm a little ticked and we hit the road again only to be confronted with a series of large signs telling me I can't speed, if I do here's a table of the potential fines ... another telling me seatbelts are mandatory ... another telling me that my car could be impounded for speeding more than 30 kms over the speed limit ... yet another telling me that "radar detectors" are illegal ... yada yada yada. Although all good rules in their own right ... all I could think of was "police state" ... not the least bit welcoming at all ... :(
I was going to rant a little about chin wags and wannabies ... maybe tomorrow ...
Location:Nipigon, Ontario
A lot of familiar sights in your pics. Sounds like the weather is improving. We saw Kakabeka Falls for free. Kerry stayed and I got some pics, then I stayed and he did. Saved $11.00. Where did you stay last night? BTW, I'm enjoying the blog but not missing the crappy weather you guys are getting.
ReplyDeleteWhy is that water so brown?
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that you haven't lose the ability to produce a very good rant. Does the word CURMUDGEON mean anything to you? From the dictionary "a gruff or irritable person, especially an elderly man". Good to hear your acting like age-appropriate not like young whipper snappers. I compliment you, gentlemen. Aren't the roads in Norhern Ontario so much improved since 1973? One of my best memories was a single loon a fog covered lake in the early morning-bliss. Kerry
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