Entry FeedAs we left Wawa and the last Tim Horton's, we realized that we were leaving civilization as we know it, behind... I know people have driving further with families. Heck - we have driving further! But there is something different when you stop seeing anything but trees, rocks, and more trees and rocks at the side of the highway. Also, these aren't like our highways, though they were mostly very well kept.
Daughter, who wouldn't pee at the Agawa Provincial Park toilet because, "it is smelly" announced that she had to pee. There are no rest stops on this trip. I pulled along side Husband and the boys, and told them that Daughter had to go to the bathroom. They promised to look out for one. Daughter and I had a long conversation about how the boys could just pull over and use the trees. Yes, sometimes it sucks being a girl. I was thinking how it is harder sometimes to take long road trips with toilet trained kids. If only she had a diaper...
Husband drove ahead with his cousin and our boys. They pulled into the passing lane, and I pulled up along side them to see if they need to chat. Instead, they were frantically pointing at the road just ahead of me, where there was a WOLF sauntering down the gravel shoulder.
A WOLF!
He was scraggly and shabby looking. Not really that impressive, except somehow also terrifying.
A half hour later, with me asking Daughter how badly she needed to pee every two minutes or so, we finally found some place to pull over. I think it was sort of a motel / diner / convenience store kind of place. Daughter wasn't impressed by their "facilities" and wouldn't go.
We stopped about 40 minutes down the road, still looking for a nice bathroom for Daughter. By this point her bladder just wasn't co-operating. We found a pull-up in the van, and forced her into it. No more stopping... straight through to Terrace Bay.
We were stopped in a traffic jam going through Marathon. CONSTRUCTION! Did you know that in the north, construction road crews work from 7 am to 8 pm? Imagine that in Toronto! I guess their construction season is a little shorter than ours.
Marathon has had 3 fetal wolf attacks on pet dogs this summer. I don't think it was the wold we saw, but you never know. We had to lecture all of the kids, especially Son Two who seems to like to run ahead on every path, so stay close.
In Toronto you may worry about the pedophiles in the bushes in the park snatching your child. In the north, it is the bears and wolves. Honestly, they both sort of scare the heck out of me!