Michelle's Northern Adventures, Day One

I'm writing this from a laptop in Larder Lake, which is two hours South of Timmins, which is tomorrow's destination. So far my trip up North is off to a pretty good start.

Day One of Michelle's trip North, actually started last night when we got on the road at about 11:00 and drove to Barry, where we pulled off and stayed the night in a motel. Two grown women and a three year old in a double bed. Not a lot of fun. But it was certainly an experience.

This morning we took off from Barry on our journey North. Most of the day was spent in the car. Northern Ontario is a lot greener and a lot less developed than what I'm used to, but very, very pretty. My cousin and her husband kept pointing out noteworthy sites to me and promised that on the way back we'd stop so I could get pictures.

In Temagani we stopped for special Temagani ginger ale, which I had been assured by Andrew, was the best in the world. I'm not much of a ginger ale fan, but it was awesome, and the cream soda was even better. Too bad you can only get it up North.

Erica also gave me my birthday present, a stuffed moose which I promptly named Morris. This is because I headed North with a detirmination to see a moose, this way no matter waht happens, I won't be disapointed. Morris is very cute, but I still want to see a real moose.

We arrived in Larder Lake around 4:30 and were greeted by Andrew's relatives and a little while later, we sat down to a wonderful supper. Then, we went out on the pontoon boat, which was awesome. The lake was gorgeous and I took lots of picture, both of the lake and of the boys, who were super cute. I even got to drive the oat for a few minutes, which was slightly terrifying.

Now, we're in for the night and I'm taking the time to update my trip diary. I'll try to do so for every day of my trip. However, while I will have limited internet access and will be trying to update my blog and check my e-mail every day, but I won't have any access to MSN, so if you need to get a hold of me or just want to say hi, send me an e-mail, since that will be the only way to get a hold of me.

More tomorrow and maybe I'll get to see a moose...