Dry camping gear in hand, we went to the Nature's Inn office to ask for assistance ordering a cab into Kenora. Jan, the sister of the Inn owner (who is from Victoria) offered to take us to town. En route, Jan shared the interesting story of their family's work at community building, including a new community garden and kitchen, community housing, and a new small-home project (funded by the income from the Inn). 9.062Kilo (about 20lbs) of camp gear, including our tent, sleep mats, sleep bags, pillows and a few other bits and pieces we no longer need are headed home! It was a positive experience camping in Ontario Provincial Parks. In towns in Manitoba and Saskatchewan we will be staying at Inns and Motels, as we may be late some days, as the weather is getting colder and more turbulent (with lightning and thunder showers predicted for our next two days of bicycling to Winnipeg). In town in Kenora, we had a super lunch at Lake of the Woods Brewing Co, walked the waterfront to our photo op with "Husky the Muskie", saw a van from another traveller couple (Argentina to Alaska) and walked back to town and found a bike shop where B could get his front tire trued. It was a beautiful day in a lovely town!
Huskie the Muskie must have become a star around the same time as Smokey the Bear! That's a beautiful sculpture of the "muskie".
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