Woke this morning but neither of us had a very good sleep so we decided to have a more "down" day today and took our time over breakfast. Then headed out by foot from our hotel to explore a little bit. There is a HUGE pulp and paper mill smack dab in the middle of the town! Not the most appealing tourist attraction as any of you who have smelled a pulp and paper factory will know! However, we did manage to find a couple of fun things...an 18 foot moose, a very pretty mosaic the town's artists did in 2010 as a Centennial Art project, made from old pieces of china that people donated and a suspension bridge that was quite cool over the Wabigoon River.
Left Dryden about 12:30 and for the next few hours it was bush and rock and bush and rock and oh yes, bush and rock! :) The scenery was interspersed occasionally with a glimpse of a body of water off to one side, just to break the monotony. We passed through a few small hamlets but everything was pretty run down and not too prosperous looking. We happily arrived at Kakabeka Falls (128 feet high) just outside of Thunder Bay - a beautiful spot where we spent some time stretching our legs, walking around and taking photos.
Thirty minutes later we were in Thunder Bay, where we have settled for the night. Even though we were both really tired today we enjoyed getting back on the bike - so that's good news!
Just returned from a delicious Greek supper - souvlaki, Greek salad, spanakopita and baklava....the final item we definitely did NOT need but it was yummy! :) Tomorrow we head towards Sault St. Marie but it's a long haul from here to there so we'll likely have to find a motel in a small town along the way....more later!
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