We left Edmonton early in the morning after a late night at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. That day we drove to Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and the next day onto Winnipeg, Manitoba. We stayed in Winnipeg for the full day the next day as we had family there, but then the next day (today) we left to Thunder Bay. What we wanted to do on this road trip was take our time while driving and stop at some of the roadside attractions and "Big Things" that towns have as mascots or attractions. We also tried to take a picture of all the "welcome" signs for towns and provinces that we drove through.
Here are some pictures of our trip so far, but I will be posting a full photo album at the end of our trip.
We stopped at a ghost town in Saskatchewan. It used to be a CN Train station.
In Langenburg we stopped at a huge swing off the highway (you can't see, but it probably about 10 meters high!). It was attached to the ground though, so we couldn't actually swing on it...
We stopped at a small town in Saskatchewan called Elfros that apparently has a big Icelandic history. I knew that Manitoba had Icelandic history, but I had no idea that Saskatchewan did too! Here is an Icelandic monument in the heart of small town Elfros.
On to Ontario (I did take pictures of Manitoba, I will post them later)! In Kenora we had to stop at Huskie the Musky. It's huge!!!
Just before Thunder Bay we stopped at Kakabeka Falls. They were amazing, and we took tons of pictures. I will put some more up later.
Tomorrow we will be going to Wawa, Ontario and then onto North Bay. Stay tuned as I will be posting more pictures and my thoughts on our big road trip to Quebec soon!
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