Rollin' rollin' rollin'

 

On Friday the 20th we said our final goodbyes to all friends and relatives in the Barrie area and completed the sort, trash, and fill the basement tasks to get all the stuff into the Flying Scotsman for the trip to Texas.

Here's Bruce with the obligatory flamingo loading pic as the newly repainted fowl get chucked into the basement compartment.

On Saturday morn we headed the 170 miles north to Sudbury as it is about the halfway point to Sault Saint Marie where we will catch the Agawa scenic train trip.

There are two camps in Sudbury, Carol's, which we have stayed at before and was a wet, muddy, sloped, mobile home park. We opted for the Mine Mill park next door this time which was at least open and level, even though still 30 amps and no sewer hookup ... yuk. While the pic below looks great we arrived in a misty 55 degree windy rain.

Sudbury has been a mining and forestry town for many years and has been the leading source of nickel in the world. Jo-Anne has talked about the giant nickel at the edge of town ever since we were married and we have yet to see the thing. One reason is that is was taken down from the old major highway and refurbished and installed in its new home at the Dynamic Earth science center at the largest mine in the town.

This is a really interesting science center and because we didn't have time to take the mine tour we have put that on the bucket list for the next trip.

After Sewer 101 at this less than ideal campground we were off on Sunday for the KOA in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.