"Wagons Roll!": Heading West

July 31:  Seems somehow fitting to finish our trip on the last day of July.  It has been an amazing three and a half weeks.  A road trip is a great way to see your country and really begin to get a feel for it.  My only regret is that we weren’t able to make it as far as Victoria and have Garry join us for a week. So many highlights in my brain, it’ll take me a while to sort them out.  In the meantime, both Lyndsey and I agree that the three and a half hour trip to the cottage is going to feel like absolutely nothing after this! It’s nice to be home. Final mileage!

J July 30:  We were both just as exhausted this morning as we were last night.  After much consideration, we decided to go to Sudbury as originally planned but skip Science North:  we would get to Parry Sound sooner and we could spend the couple hours saved walking in the summer sunshine rather than strolling slowly around inside a museum.  I’m sorry to miss it this time but when you’re bone-tired, even a fascinating museum isn’t very appealing.  We did drive around Sudbury to get a sense of the place and took a picture of the Big Nickel (once we found it).  It has the hills and rocks that most of northern Ontario has, and was quite appealing.   We did our walkabout of the waterfront of Parry Sound after supper; really nice, and just what we needed.  Again, a nice little town.  I so envy all these small towns with beautiful waterfronts and lots of amenities, because they are the biggest centre around.  This isn’t an advantage of Grimsby…  We celebrated our last night on the road w