1 juillet, July 1 — Fête du Canada Day! Toilets, and … les visiteurs
Une très belle journée pour faire du vélo. Ma sœur Ruth s’est adaptée très vite à la tache de me suivre en auto. C’est très agréable d’avoir une auto de chasse pour avertir les autos en arrière, surtout quand il y a une file de véhicules. La route était belle et les vues splendides du lac Supérieur. C’était moins dur avec 25 lb de mon équipement dans le coffre de l’auto et non sur mon vélo! J’ai installé sur Trusty le beau drapeau canadien que Ruth m’avait acheté aussi.We stopped to use the composting toilets in the park. There were detailed explanations telling us to close the lids to aid the composting. I thought the following phrase would work better : « Sh*t hits the fan better if you close the lid. » Let me know what you think …We sailed down the long hill into Montreal River Harbour – I can see why people were so concerned about Terry Fox running up it. We arrived at Mad Moose Lodge, where we eventually met up with Dale, the owner. The lodge had been a nice place when originally built but was now very ‘rustic’ shall we say. The first cabin he showed us unfortunately had a visitor go in who did not exit alive – some beast had crawled in somewhere and was decomposing. P-U!The second cabin was better, but evidence of mice. Oh well, just for one night, eh?Dale served up a nice supper of ham steaks, salad, and lots of …. BAKED BEANS! They were really good but I ate ‘way too many. Those of you who have had the experience of being in closed quarters with me after I’ve started digesting will know what a ripsnorting experience I can provide!I discovered in the evening that we had a rather bold unpaying guest with us – a mouse that would frequently scurry across the floor, almost upon command. Oh well, just for one night, eh? It was too late to do anything but plug up all holes in the bedrooms and hope for the beast best. No problems, but glad to get up early the following morning and head south.
July 15th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Sounds like you had an interesting visit at the Mad Moose lodge. We had a “One day” visit such as your own with interesting critters in the toilet, as well as in our bedroom. Decided to pack up the next morning “early” while critters slept and find a descent place to stay with our family.
July 16th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
We dropped in to that moose lodge last year to check out the accomodation. We departed 10 minutes later after seeing the conditions of the cabins. Looks like things have not changed there in a year.
July 18th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
That Mad Moose lodge is the biggest disgrace on Lake superior. I am very siuprised that you even mention it here on your Blog site.
The place is a dump, run by low lifes from the states. Suprised that the Health Unit allows them to continue their operation!
Suprised that you guys even stayed there!