July 14 - 16 - Sault Ste Marie & Sudbury

We spent an enjoyable day at Sault Ste Marie Checking out the Soo Locks and the Bush Plane Museum

 Could not resist this "flower bed" at our campsite in Sault Ste. Marie

The big nickel at Sudbury where we also visited the Dynamic Earth which highlighted the Nickel and Copper mining in the area

July 10 - 13 - Eastern Ontario

We have finally made it to Ontario, but as usual it takes a long time to get around Lake Superior.

We have been enjoying some of Ontario's Provincial Parks.

A nice sunset at Aaron Provincial Park

A stop at the Terry Fox Memorial

Lake Superior Provincial Park. We hiked about 20 km along the Coastal Trail. This is a 5 day backpack trail similar to the West Coast Trail. We felt the hike as we had not been hiking for a while but felt okay the next day.

July 7 - 9 Manitoba

On our way through Manitoba we made a visit to Thornhill where Helen's mom was born, Not much remains of the old town but we did find a town hall.

In Winnipeg we explored around the Forks Area (sort of like Granville Island) and walked around to the legislative buildings.

Our last day in Winnipeg was spent with an excusion out to Gimli (an early Icelantic settlement) and nearby Winnipeg Beach

July 5 - 6 Saskatewan

A visit was made to the Motherwell Homestead a national parks historic site.

Rape Seed (Canola) is frequently grown in this area.

 A very pleasant stay was made at Saskatoon where we took a bike exploration of the Riverwalk area and university grounds. Several white pelicans like to fish near this weir across the river.

July 2 - July 4 Peace River - Alberta Beach - Vegreville

With the long weekend over we set out on our cross country adventure.

We traveled via Lesser Slave Lake and then down to Alberta Beach area just out of Edmonton.

The next day we traveled through Elk Island park but saw no animals. We then carried on to the Ukranian Heritage Center nearby and toured that.

Our travels carried us on to Vegreville for the night and we saw the famous Ukranian Egg.

The next day we continued along and stopped at Fort Battleford the historic outpost of the Northwest Mounted Police.

June 29 - June 30 The Family Re-Union

Saturday evening was the main event for the re-union. My cousin had arranged a hall and a catered dinner for all. Had a chance to see a lot of relatives I had not seen for a long time.

Sunday afternoon was a barbecue at my cousin's and sons shop and they tried out their new portable bbq.

Monday we had a swim in Thersa's new pool and shared pizza at my Aunt's and then a campfire back at the ranch.

June 24 - June 28 La Grande Oregon to Peace River Alberta

The Rally ended June 23 and the next morning we headed to Spokane where we stayed in a very nice RV Park complete with a swimming pool and hot tub, which we both used.

From Spokane we headed to Calgary to meet up with my sister and her husband prior to heading north to Peace River. While still in Calgary we had a short visit with all my Calgary nephew's and niece and all their families.

The trip to Peace River was for a family re-union. On the way we picked up Iva and took her along with us.