Day 3
Total mileage on ride is 748 miles
Today we only managed 163. There's just too much to see.
Heading out this morning it was brisk. Just minutes after we left we found a point of interest at Temperance river portal and spent an hour hiking around the various overlooks around the portage. By now, it had warmed into the mid 60's so it was pretty nice. We finally made it up to Grand Marais and had donuts and coffee in a little shop by the bay. At Grand Portage we used up another couple of hours visiting various living exhibits and learning the history of the fur trade. The Northwest Company had a large outpost here that was only open one month a year to collect furs from the Canadian Northwest.
We checked through the Canadian border and were in Thunder Bay about 3pm. After visiting the tourist information center (or should I say centre while in Canada), we found there were a few things we needed to check out so we're here for the night.
Tomorrow we hope to make it to Marathon, but who knows.
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 2 A really nice place to stay. This must be off season for these folks. Nearby there are ATV, Snowmobile and Xcountry ski trails. |
 3 Temperance river portage. |
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 5 Gitche Gumee |
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 10 Letting it all sink in. |
 11 Superior North Shore |
 12 Pebble beach. |
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 15 Just south of Grand Marias |
 16 Ancient lava vent. About 1.8 billion years old. |
 17 In Grand Marias |
 18 In Grand Marias |
 19 Grand Portage |
 20 Grand Portage |
 21 Grand Portage |
 22 Grand Portage. Skins at the living history Mckensey exhibit. |
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 24 Living history exhibit at Grand Portage. Sir Alexander Mackenzie 1797 fronteir outpost. |
 25 Grand Portage |
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 27 Crafty use of bones. |
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 29 Grand Portage Bay. Isle Royale can be seen in the very far distance. |
 30 Grand Portage Bay |
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 32 Entering Ontario |
 33 Canadian border checkpoint. |
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 35 I'd like to see one of these, but not up close. |
 36 Yeah, even in Thunder Bay. |
 37 Reminds me of Wyoming in a way. South of Thunder Bay. |
 38 Kakabeka River. Kakabeka Provincial Park. |
 39 Tourists at Kakabeka Falls. |
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 41 Kakabeka Falls |
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