Wawa

Today is July 1st. Canada's 152nd birthday. To mark the occasion, my wife April and I are doing an uber Canadian thing. This morning we embarked on a roughly 30 hour journey halfway across the country. More specifically we are driving from our home in south central Ontario, across our province and the Northern shore of Lake Superior, through Manitoba where I grew up with a couple of stops along the way and them finally on to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where I'll be speaking and exhibiting at a higher education Web marketing conference called PSEWEB.

I am writing this from the room of a lavish motor hotel after our first 10ish hours of driving through Ontario's Near North, over the top of Lake Huron and then the eastern shore of Superior. We've driven through Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Blind River and have lande in Wawa. I challenge anyone to find a more Canadian name for a town.  The views we've taken in today have been nothing short of spectacular and I consider myself extremely fortunate to be able to share them with my lifemate. To further the Canadian experience we stopped at a fish and chip truck for an order of poutine (French fries, cheese curds and beef gravy for the uninitiated). Here at the motel bar, I ordered a special Oh Canada cocktail containing rye whiskey, triple sec, maple syrup, and Angostura bitters. A wee bit potent after today's trek, but I'm soldiering on. Will likely be an early night with leg two of the journey likely taking us another 8 ro 10 hours...and we'll still be in our home province. 
I'm sure to have plenty to write about tomorrow. 

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