Snow!? + Wal Mart in Dryden.

Oct 25, 2019

It snowed last night!  We woke to a dusting of snow over everything.  It was 1 degree outside and frosty.  We checked the weather channel and there was no mention of snow, just light rain flurries.  We ate breakfast and got ready to drive west before any bad weather could stop us. 

As we drove along the shores of Lake Superior, we could see dark clouds forming ahead of us and within two hours we were driving through a rain/snow flurry.  The poor weather continued for about another hour and then we could see the sky beginning to clear. 

We stopped around Terrace Bay and Debbie went to the trailer and brought out some vegetable snacks and finger food.  We snacked on that as we continued towards Thunder Bay. By this time the weather had cleared and the roads were dry and we had very light traffic.  We had to stop for several construction projects, some of which had been going on when we travelled east.  We reached Thunder Bay around 3:30.  Traffic was light, the highways were dry and I was not feeling fatigued so we decided to push on. 

Debbie checked so see when sundown was going to happen, and we estimated that if all went well, we would be able to reach Dryden before dark. This part of the drive was the best. I set the cruise control and let the Sante Fe run.  The gas consumption was very efficient at the RPMs and I was not tired when we got to Dryden. We had travelled 810 kms. today and that was enough.  

We pulled into a 24 hr Husky truck stop and picked out a place to set up.  We went inside to check out the showers and shared a dinner meal.  As we ate, we watched the transports pulling in and around our rig.  We decided it would be too noisy here so we pulled up stakes and went searching for a more quieter spot.  We ended up, again, in a Wal Mart parking lot but it is a lot quieter than where we were. We set up camp for the night. I worked on the blog and Debbie did a little shopping.  Tomorrow our goal is to reach Brandon Manitoba.