Rob-n-Hild, oot and aboot eh? Sorry - 2022
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Thunder Bay - Kenora (489 km. 5.75 hours. Elevation maximum 516 metres) 
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Lot of frost on the car again - even considering the not-too early
start for the short drive to Kakabeka Falls (on the recommendation of
Donna). Considering how nice and sunny it was yesterday (Rob even
has a bit of a tan on his face), the temperature overnight was -4 or -5C!
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Kakabeka falls was very impressive with a lot of water (we had this
confirmed by 'locals' at lunchtime) and because of the cold overnight
lots of spray frozen on the trees. The fellas nearly lost their
footing when they wanted to stand on the railing to look out!
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We found a path to walk - but with the snow and ice we needed to use
our piggies (which we only brought so we wouldn't need
them). However, despite the promise of the path (Little Falls Trail) being well
marked we just followed footprints to the "small Kakabeka Falls" and
retraced out steps back - it was supposed to be a loop. Still it was
tough 5 k - taking over an hour and a half.
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Through the trees we kept seeing some big birds which we later
discovered were bald eagles known to soar over the park. We have a
rule on species - only counting the ones on the ground so we can
confirm them and birds in the air are not allowed - but for bald
eagles we are going to make an exception! There were at least three
with the nice white heads and black bodies as well as a fourth who
was all brown - we are going to go with that one being a juvenile out
for his/her flying lessons!
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Because the walk took some time we stopped for lunch just another
hour or so up the road - in Upsala (!). A very friendly diner type
place in a gas station - where we got the low-down on the melt this
year (by overhearing the locals) which was going very fast - hence
all the water coming over the falls. We also got the definitive line
on the time as well: For some reason, the official line moving to
Central time is somewhere between Kakabeka and Upsala, but in Upsala
they have kept on Eastern because they are closer to Thunder Bay. We
were expecting that the time-zone change would happen at the
Ontario-Manitoba border, but no, Dryden and Kenora are on Central
time, even though they are still in Ontario. Hmm, thought Rob - why
did I set up a call for 8 am Eastern in Kenora - which will now be at 7!
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Then it was a longer drive to Dryden where we drove around looking
for schools where Craig might have taught. We think the best option
was now the municipal building as all of the other schools looked very
modern. A short walk to stretch the legs took us down to the Dryden
paper mill on the river - not an inspiring image, but probably the
biggest source of local employment so valuable all the same.
... and then of course Dryden is home to Max the Moose. |
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It wasn't long to Kenora after that and - with the time zone change -
we got here before 5 pm, but we were pretty tired so just had a walk
to Walmart for supplies (milk) and then spent the evening
working. Well, Hild was modelling and Rob was just waffling on about
something or other, pretending to work anyway.
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