Today we went from Thunder Bay to Sault Ste. Marie. Again more beauty of Northern Ontario: I mean driving along the coast of Lake Superior. It was foggy most of the time but still beautiful. We stopped once at a beach, well it was actually a bay, “ Old Woman Bay” to be exact . We collected lovely rocks, saw where a river and the bay meet, and got sand in our shoes.:) We hopped back in and kept driving only to stop a few minutes later at an overlook. The boys climbed the rocks while I ran back and forth from mom to them occasionally climbing to0. We then hopped in the car for the 2nd time and started of. Of course we had to convince dad NOT to pull over at lovely trout streams. We continued to pass lakes, ( three of which had the names Mom Lake, Dad Lake and Baby Lake.) :) forests, and mountains. We had a bathroom break at a store of hand carved/ made wood items. Again gorgeous. We pressed on and arrived at our hotel at five, but we kind of expected that with all the stops. We went swimming, then went to get supper. Today was a wonderful day. Thank you Jesus.
-Abigail-
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| dry or wet, these rocks of lake Superior are each one unique and each one hard choosing which one stays on the beach |
Abigail did a great job describing our day....I think Lake Superior is our favourite Great Lake! So I think I'll share a little how I felt today. It had nothing to do with the location or scenery – just one of those days that I know each one in our family has experienced at some point. Almost 2 months ago we lost a very dear friend, Anders McClean. It was an unexpected, sudden death of a wonderful 13 almost 14 year old. Since his death, it feels like a day does not pass where one of us has some tears, shares a memory or misses him. And today was one of those days for me. As the rain fell on the windshield this morning, tears would periodically flow from my eyes; for his parents, his sisters, a church body, friends and my children – all who have lost someone significant to them. So as we continue to grieve we also rejoice in the hope that we will see Anders again (before our trip on our white board we had written: Anders is with Jesus!) and we let our tears fall just like raindrops on a windshield. Much love and prayers to the McClean Family.
-Katrina-
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| Samuel had wanted to bring back part of a tree that a beaver had cut down but on our last hike, all of them were in the ground, this one was chewed on both ends and became a perfect "ancient hunting weapon" that he read about, and now had the time and safe space to practice throwing |
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even with a tank 3/4 full, I still topped things of at wawa, just to say I did, and not to run out before the sou....
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I like the names of those lakes - especially "Old Woman"!
ReplyDeleteThat second picture reminds me so much of a picture I have of Elliot when he was a year old. We were driving to Winnipeg and had stopped at the water front on the way. He ran and ran and ran out to the water. I think it just felt so good for him to get out of his car seat and stretch his legs!