Mississauga ON to Sault Ste Marie ON

Tripometer: 1150 some odd miles
Location: KOA "Kampground", Sault Ste Marie, ON

I'm lying in my tent, freshly showered and quite ready for sleep.  I'm trying to think of something more to say beyond "we did this, we saw that", but when you see so much so fast, it's hard to process it all.  Leading up to, and the first of, the trip felt very hectic.  Today was simpler, less hectic, although I wouldn't dare say relaxing.  (I don't know if "relaxing" will ever describe 8+ hours of motorcycling at highway speeds, but maybe that day will come.)

We had a good night's sleep and leisurely breakfast at Jess' parents' place, and took off up Hwy 400 to Sudbury along with a light amount of other high speed traffic from Toronto.  The roads were straight and boring, but I love the sections of dotted lines that go on forever.  Dedicated passing lanes were frequent, but passing lines of cars across a dotted line is somehow more satisfying.

Poutine at Harvey's.  I must be in Canada, eh.

We took on fuel for ourselves and bikes in Sudbury, and saw our first Giant Thing, in this case the giant nickel.  I couldn't help but notice how the Sudbury air stings your nose as you try at admire the "giant" nickel, which itself is completely dwarfed by massive smoke stacks nearby.

The Giant Nickel, Sudbury ON

Having enjoyed nearly perfect weather for the first part of the day, we paid for it  in rain rain rain from Sudbury to Sault Ste Marie.  Except for some very disappointing performance of Dad's "waterproof" Rev'It gloves, all was fine.  We had some pasta for dinner at a chain restaurant, and left intending to make it to Batchawana Bay Provincial Park for the night.  We realized right away that we'd likely arrive after sunset, so we changed plans and headed for the local KOA instead.  KOA's are nice in that they're normally easy to find, and the facilities are great.  You pay a premium for those "free" hot showers and kitchen facilities though, and the sites are really packed together.  Hopefully tomorrow finds us in Kakabeka Falls provincial park just west of Thunder Bay.  Of course, I won't have the wifi access to make these posts then.

Failed Self Shot, KOA Kampground, Sault Ste Marie ON