We arrived at Elliot Lake at a decent hour 7pm or so - only to learn that our camp "down the road" - a mere 53k. Was actually 130k . The nice paved road, turned into a less nice paved road - and that turned into a pavement, rocky, omg needs repair road - with a touch of sand here and there. We feared we may not have enough gas to get back into town.
But once we found the park office. Met a chick that looked JUST like Garth from Waynes world - we set up camp.
Best tarp coverage ever! ( Good thing too, it rained a little.)
We had a tasty dinner of grilled veggies and potatoes, but at this point it was totally dark, so we used are awesome head gear with flashlight (thanks!!!!) Ate our dinner while getting eaten by bugs. this is when the quiet really set in, and all the animals in the forest starting walking around.
We could hear them, and we were in THEIR house, and once we went to bed we could hear wildlife defiantly strolling around. I wasn't concerned when we were in Jasper, or 'bear country' at Glacier ntl Park. But we felt it here!!!
Made it through the night ... I sort of put our tent on what looked like a flat area. But after a few hours of sleeping I learned that - yup - I put our bed on a slope. I told Michael that he was tired, and that his feet were not actually falling asleep while all the blood rushed to his head when he lied down. Whoops! Sorry :D my bad.
We have now had our last Tim Hortons breakfast (best gift card ever - lasted us until today with a few $$$ left still on it!) And just passing Parry Sound just in time for a little rush hour Toronto traffic in the rain.
I'll have Michael put in a beautiful entry once we arrive home and he is ready to sit down again :) as he's driven this entire 17 day trip by himself (minus that hour I drove)
ALL our photos will be up by tuesday at the latest!
Love and rockets
Team AWESOME (we did it!)
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