Thursday, July 19, 2018 (Travel to Walmart, North Bay, Ontario)

Just before 8:30 the service tech came out to work on our jack. The issue we had with the fridge not staying cold enough turned out to be fallen insulation in the top vent and not a faulty thermistor, so that was an easy fix.

These were the parts they ordered in for the top of the jack.

Once he removed all the old parts and inspected them he found they were all still be in good shape, so decided to just grease the old parts and reinstall them. So it was now obvious that they diagnosed a squeaky bearing without ever inspecting the internal parts in the jack to begin with...Geez! When we hooked up to leave there was no squeaking so hopefully a little grease was the correct fix. They tried to get Steve to take the parts that were ordered in but he refused.

So it was around 10:30 when we finally hit the road...continuing our journey east. As usual, here are some pictures along the way...

Lower Echo River...

The community of Desbarates where a long canal connects to St. Joseph Channel in Lake Huron...

 Ontario is home to nearly 5,000 Amish

Amish have long lived in Canada, with roots in the country dating to the 1800s. Today Amish number nearly 5,000 in Canada, in over one dozen communities. For many years, Ontario was the only province in Canada where Amish could be found. Recently, small settlements have been established in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Very cool seeing this along the side of the highway...

 View of Lake Huron from the community of Bruce Mines...

 Crossing the Thessaion River...

 Mississagi River...

We stopped for a break and a little lunch...

TULLOCH/CARLYLE HOUSE:
Originally built in 1890, the timber home of Lawrence and Andrena Tulloch/Carlyle was relocated to the Museum site from Bright Township. The home depicts the interior of a local farm home and contains artifacts commonly in use until 1939. Come see the homemade quilt quilted by Mrs. Charles (Mary) Rosenburg c. 1903, the Tait Family Bible from 1886, the Bell family table built over a hundred years ago with square nails, a Women’s Institute of Iron Bridge fundraising quilt embroided with many early residents names, a late 19th century hair weath made by Mrs. Annie (Henry) Eaket, and many more early 20th century artifacts used in every room of the early residents’ home.

Blind River....

Big display attracting people to the town of Elliott Lake. We visited there our first year on the road in 2010 and went ATVing with the local club. It used to be a Uranium mining town but when it closed the town began to die. To rejuvenate the town they advertised it as a retirement community for active seniors that love the outdoors, with very low housing prices, over 400 nearby lakes for fishing, ATVing, snowmobiling, hiking, cross country skiing, biking, etc. We really enjoyed our stay there.

 Another Amish horse and buggy along the side of the highway...

 The community of Massey...

Spanish River...

Of course, it's summer and lots of road construction...a stretch of gravel road that went on for a few kilometres...

The last time we experienced this was on our Alaska trip...

Campers at the end of the lake...

Removing the curve in the highway...

Sturgeon River...

Lake Nipissing...

After a longer than planned drive, we arrived at the Walmart in North Bay, Ontario. I must say it was one of the nicer Walmart lots to stop overnight at. There is only one section where RV's are allowed to park overnight...on the side parking lot, adjacent to a TD Bank building. We pulled up along the edge of the lot...the TD bank is just across the road on the right...

We were one of the first RV's there but as the evening wore on, more and more arrived. Another bonus was that Steve discover he was able to latch onto the TD Banks free wifi signal...Sweet!