Day 2: Val D'Or, Quebec to Nipigon, Ontario

Day two by the numbers:

km: 954
Hours driving: 10 (including lunch in Hearst)
Types of precipitation: 3 (rain, sleet and SNOW!)
Amount of journey glad I had invested in AWD: 7 hours
Provincial borders crossed: 1
Languages spoken: 2 (Northern Ontario really is quite Francophone and when they see my license plate we just stuck to French)
Wildlife seen: otter (!), Canadian geese, a few loons, a weird wild turkey/emu looking bird, a falcon/hawk with lunch in its beak
Photos of wildlife taken: 0
Sirius radio stations on rotation: 4

So today was cold... and wet. Slowly, sleety, rainy... and of course I thought winter was over and didn't pack any of my winter boots. I am always a victim to wishful thinking!

Lots of photos today - it was a bit monotonous... but really lots of interesting things to see... and public art in small town Canada will get a dedicated blog post that I will continue to update. When I was young I found it tacky and awful, now I LOVE IT!











Thank you Buick for a pretty decent navigation system!
Thank you friendly MacDonald's drive through guy for the hot coffee and letting me take your photo :)

Arriving in Ontario!!! After driving through Rouyn-Noranda which took forever as they have 30 lights and all synchronized to ensure you hit ever red. 

 Typical view...
 Another lake!!!! Well, it is said (according to google) that Canada has about 20% of the world's fresh water supplies... and I believe it!

 Public art - a trout I belive!
 Moonbeam, Ontario!
 Timber in one of several yards FULL in Hearst. This is a town that is going to be negatively affected by the softwood lumber tariffs imposed by #45. I hope they find new countries to sell to... or we start building more multi-story buildings with wood construction.

 Uhm.... when I get a condo I want pink granite kitchen counters... anyone have a saw I can borrow in the future and a flat bed truck?

 Snow :( on May 1.
 A lake with ice still on it.

 Frozen waterfalls! I guess people come to climb them... I saw a billboard advertising it...
More public art! A permanent snowman!
Remains from a forest fire.




WEIRD name!
More pink granite!
A coureur de bois transporting his canoe!
Learn more about how the courier de bois were so important for Canadian trade and Western European settlement. Wikipedia link

 Dinner at the Husky with a HUGE Canadian flag :)

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