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**saralou** · #1 11 Sep 2018

The motel we booked is 30 km directly up the #6. There are several other bikers staying here.

FILE2522 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

When we arrived after 6 the owner told us the town grocery was now closed and the next restaurant is 30 km up the road. Luckily Cara sent us off this morning with a bag of home made granola. We did walk 1.5 km into the village to see the “lighthouse” .

Canada-17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Canada-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #2 11 Sep 2018

We woke to a much warmer day at 18 degrees and rode up to Little Current for breakfast.

Screen Shot 2018-09-01 at 18.54.14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

The road is smooth, but mostly straight and with peek a boo view of the lake. You leave the island by a single lane swing bridge.

FILE2634 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2654 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We gassed up in Espanola and then headed west on the 17. The view is straight road and trees! It is again very windy today, but at least it is to our backs.

FILE2661 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2668 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2676 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2710 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We made it as far at Sault Ste Marie by 3 and again used the Mcd wifi to find a place to stay. The weather is supposed to turn bag by midnight and we will likely wake up to rain for tomorrow. This is not a very nice town actually especially the downtown and we are glad we booked into a place nearer to the TransCanada. They are super friendly here and even have designated motorcycle parking under the covered entry and where the desk staff can “keep an eye on them”. Apparently there are a lot of thefts here in the city. The staff also first thing this morning put out clean rags on the bikes in case we wanted to use them.

**saralou** · #3 12 Sep 2018

It was just sprinkling a bit as we left at 915 and gassed up just up the road. Looks like another day of hand warmers on high and thermal gear.

Screen Shot 2018-09-01 at 18.55.08 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2725 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2728 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #4 12 Sep 2018

We stayed pretty dry and even stopped to check out the view in Agawa Bay on Lake Superior. Just off the coast here is where the Edmund Fitzgerald sank.

https://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A

FILE2762 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #5 12 Sep 2018

We only had our rain jackets of the over suits on. It was warmer today at 22 and the skies really cleared until we got about 80 km from Wawa. The sky was getting very black, but it was not raining until suddenly it was torrentially pouring.

Cars were pulling over to the side of the road and blocking the entry to the rest stop. We finally found a safe spot as it was impossible to see where we were going and there were cars all over place.

We were soaked by the time we had our rain pants on and THEN it really started to pour. A car leaving the rest area pulled up beside us to say that just down this small road there was a shelter we could hide under and so we headed there. This was a small info board with a bus shelter like frame. There was another biker there hiding too.

FILE2763 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

IMG_3434 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

IMG_3432 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

https://youtu.be/R7ntA9i9lvQ

The rain was amazing and then it got even worse. It was howling sideways at times and accompanied by thunder and lightening. We waited until it settled to a light shower after about an hour. We had just pulled out on the highway and then came upon a large accident with the police just setting out the cones. Luckily the rain had almost stopped as we had to sit there for while.

FILE2784 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2788 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #6 12 Sep 2018

We then rode the 75 km to near to Wawa where there was the first gas in 150 km and a lineup as the next station is another 100 km west in White River.

FILE2796 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

FILE2797 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We had planned to get more than half way to Thunder Bay today and we knew there were a few motels in Marathon. Ont. We rode as far as White River and our rain suits had dried out and so we stripped them off to air dry our suits for the last 100 km.

We finally made it to Marathon at 330 cold and starved. We found a hotel in town that was clean and quiet. So glad they had endless hot water for us to warm up in. There was a bar/cafe 2 doors down and we had a great homestyle meal.

**saralou** · #7 12 Sep 2018

It rained thru the night, but was just misty and very foggy when we packed up just after 9. We are headed west towards Calgary and are not sure where we will end up today.

Screen Shot 2018-09-02 at 20.49.18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We gassed up in town and then rode west on the 17, which apparently curves along the north shore of lake superior, but we can see just what is in front of us and so can not tell.

FILE2808 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr