John and I agreed that we'd have a very loose itinerary for the next few days. In fact, we didn't even book a room in advance for this evening. Our basic plan was to steam across Ontario to Petawawa, home of the Canadian Airborne Forces Museum.
That plan lasted about five minutes after we crossed into Canada (are all Canadian Customs agents pretty?). Driving along the main street in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, we saw an airplane hanging off the side of a building, spun around the block, and pulled into the parking lot of the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre (they spell things funny up here). We spent the next two hours climbing into seaplanes, watching a movie, and learning about fighting fires with airplanes (which, while frightening, seems a whole lot more civilized than doing it with a shovel).
We finally headed west on Canada's Highway 17 about 1pm, then stopped for lunch in Bruce Mines. The first 150 kilometers or so east to Blind River was pretty flat, boring, and not very prosperous. After Blind River things got a bit hillier, greener, and pretty.
We decided to spend the night in North Bay, since we didn't think we'd find a motel between there and Petawawa. We got a room in the brand new Holiday Inn. We think we're the first people to actually use this room. We ordered pizza in and relaxed early. Tomorrow it's the museum, then on to Ottawa for more fun guy stuff.
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