After the show at Clancy's in Brandon we went to a house party. Did some jamming, played ping-pong, drank JD. Retired to Thor for the night.
Rob's shoes are ready to fall off his feet. Thor's battery was dead again - quick boost. Bumped into some of the people from the party the night before. They gave us a crash course on the unicycle and then we hit the road.
Our ultimate destination is Thunder Bay for two nights at The Apollo. We're taking our time through this stretch and decided Kenora was enough of a trek for the bus convoy. We could perhaps rename Thor and Atlas - Yin and Yang.
Night driving is highly dangerous in this part of Ontario. You are pretty much certain to hit something. As the evening gave way to night, deer flooded the sides of the highway. I must have counted at least 30 along the last 200km to Kenora. Just as we entered the city limits I passed a deer backed against a large rock wall. I noticed it tense up as Paul and I whizzed by in Atlas. At the last second I saw it dash. Behind us Thor slowed down, but it was already too late. Bambi's larger, older aunt was crushed under Thor's massive chasis. The only trace was hair matted into the tire treads and a single streak of blood. Our license plate holder was slightly damaged.
We pushed on to a 24 hour fueling station to sleep for the night. Today we have splurged for a hotel. Laundry, shower, pool, sleep. It always shocks me how large northern ontario is. We drove almost 500km yesterday and we still have over 500km to go to Thunder Bay.
Crazy. Peace.
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1 comment:
Hi guys... glad to hear you are doing fine and that Thor is still running. We are all looking forward to seeing you again and hearing more of your adventure stories. It was nice to see the posts/pictures. Take care and be careful, especially at night... you don't want a repeat occurrence with Thor... see you soon!
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