we arrived in sudbury thursday night just in time to make a trip to the townehouse for old time sake. it was great fun, we played some pool with only minor interuption from a group of tree planters. we were only going for an hour, but 3 hours later we dragged our butt back to todd's. we were up early the next day to start the next part of our trek.
basically, you can't go to sudbury without a visit to the big nickel, so that's what kim and i did... and we got there just in time to not have to pay for parking!!!! a beautiful start to the day.
3 hours later we arrived in timmins, and had a quick stop at wal-mart for extra supplies... funny thing about this wal-mart was the amazing parking lot. lets just say if you drove over 10km/hr you were guarenteed to bottom out, and to make things better it was raining... and cold!
we arrived in cochrane and weren't sure if my buddy mick knew we were coming, and after having to stop at a neighbour's house for directions we found mick and he was expecting us. mick had the most gorgeous trailer for us to stay in and a very very stinky outhouse, but at least it was pink on the inside. we spent a couple hours with mick that night drinking homemade wine and watching video's on caribou!
8:30 on the train to moosonee was a great morning. when we finally arrived in moosonee at 1pm noone was there to pick us up. that was half the fun. we stayed in the nicest b&b, and we were the last guests ever because they were closing down. we walked all around moosonee in about 30min, and it was cold and rainy so we watched movies all day. i also had to call my mum for money because they didn't take visa anywhere... ahhh!
on sunday morning we took a boat to james bay. it was specatacular, and we got to socialize with a whole bunch of old people! actually a lot of fun. we even saw a seal! we went to moosefactory on a bus tour and spend like 45min with this old lady in a teepee making bannock a tradition tea biscuit on the fire. we had like 3 hours to kill back in moosonee so we sat around and talked to a guy that was going camping on this little island.
on the trip home on the train we hung out with all our new friends and kim and i polished of a dinner and half each (i guess we were hungry). we ended up in the entertainment car with live music (a great lounge singer). we had such a great time. we talked to a couple people from moosefactory, one guy asked me if i was from moosonee because i looked familar... then he turns to me and says "hey i recognize you from the teepee!"
we stayed in timmins sunday night with glen my old boss, we had a great time catching up. monday morning i awoke to vaccuming at 6:45am! apparently the caretaker likes to clean the halls early in the morning! glen made us some breakfast... well ginger tea and i sang him the birdie song and kim and i started to make the long 9 hour drive home!
all in all a great trip! i'm exhausted and broke, and very satisfied with all the georgous scenery along the way! it was beyond beautiful up north, i would recommend you all take this trip!
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I would take this trip but just reading about it has tuckered me out!
The outhouse may of been pink on the inside but what about the bushes that bit you? Hmmmmmmmm!
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