At the Comfort Inn, Kenora, Ontario

Today was a long day. I am beat. Sleep will be welcomed tonight. The room is nice but very expensive (relative to what I have been paying).

Coming across Saskatchewan, there were critters all over the place. They looked like big rats, or small squirrels but with a rat-like tail with a bit of bushy fur on the end. They hopped like squirrels but would stand up on their bag legs to look around. I was thinking they were prairie dogs; however I thought that prairie dogs were lager. Can anybody help me out on this one? They were a nuisance!

Roads were mostly good, except the stretch from Moose Jaw into Regina. I think a couple of my fillings came loose. The roads in Alberta are far superior to Saskatchewan.

After crossing into Ontario and before getting here, there was a 20 or so mile stretch that I counted 14 deer close to the road, but not so close as to be an issue. Joe LaGrave, I will show you on a map where that section is and you can come up next year and hunt them. The locals aren't doing a good job of keeping the numbers down. I WON'T even chide you about shooting Bambi's father!

Off to bed. Thunder Bay in the morning and then North Bay after that. I think I am going to pass on Quebec and get that some other time, so I may be crossing at Toronto/Buffalo and then working my way down through PA (close to State College) and keep dropping south.