Updates from the Road

Hello! After only three days we have already had many adventures!

Day one saw tears as we left home, then dicey ice south of Sudbury.  We made it safely to Sault Ste Marie and stayed the night with two very tired cats.

Day two began once the highway was reopened after an overnight closure (instant nervousness). Unfortunately Tom's truck decided it needed some fixing so we only made it to Terrace Bay. I was so ecstatic that a simple fix was all we were faced with, and no one was hurt/sick/etc. However, due to CAA not putting our tow request through while we waited 30-45 mins.... we ended up waiting for two hours in my Civic. Tom, Bruce, Oden and me... and all of our stuff. Poor Tom was in the shape of a pretzel just trying to fit in. Once the tow truck finally arrived we began following it to Thunder Bay but after stopping to help someone who had spun out on black ice and ended up in the ditch backwards and in the dark.... we decided to stop driving ASAP and ended up in  Nipigon. In one of the most sketchy motel rooms. I admit I was so ready to call it a night that I didn't care where we stopped. But let me tell you-forget bringing a black light into one of those motels... bring two cats! They were smelling invisible spots on carpets, table tops, bed spreads.... so gross haha

Which leads us to day three. Today we saw three bald eagles on the way to Thunder Bay. Tom's truck was finished by lunch and we hit the road once more. The bush beside the highway had moose tracks all through the snow but we haven't seen one yet. The past two days have been GORGEOUS. Fresh snow on the trees,  clear blue skies and mostly dry roads.

We've stopped a bit early tonight in Dryden and got ourselves a very nice and CLEAN room at the Comfort Inn. After a hot bath, we're looking into ordering pizza and snuggling in.

Bruce is definitely a stress case in the car. Thankfully we bought calming treats today, and Tom  reports that Bruce slept the whole afternoon beside him in the truck, until Dryden. Oden meanwhile... ate a few too many treats I think. He looked stoned all day and snored while he slept.

Looking forward to getting into a new province tomorrow! Stay tuned for more updates on our adventure!

I have pictures to share but can't figure out how to load them onto the blog without my computer (I'm on my phone...) so more photos to share once I can fire up the laptop.