Into Ontario, Canada

We crossed into Canada already late in the day.  No issues at the border, we pushed on through with hopes of finding a nice rustic site in Wawa.  Unfortunately, we immediately got lost in Saute Ste. Marie.  We got back on track and went to Walmart for food and a better map.  After that, we were rolling north along Lake Superior's east shore at sunset, which gave us some pretty scenery.

We didn't get all the way to Wawa, but did find a nice rustic place to camp.  It was beautiful up there.  We stayed up late, in hopes of seeing some Northern Lights, but no luck.

Ontario Province find efficient ways to improve the park. 
This clearing in the woods had lots of signs leading to it

Fireweed!

The next day we pushed on to try to get as far as possible.  Although we should have probably given ourselves a rest day instead.  We pulled into the Wayward Hotel bar in Wawa for some free internet. Big bonus, since we were avoiding data roaming on our iphones.

We pressed on through the countryside.  We came to the town of Timmins, where I was really impressed by Canadian Tire stores.  These places are part auto parts store, part sporting goods store, part outdoor living section from Home Depot... not to forget their tire department. 

We decided we wanted to camp by the Abitibi River.  Backroads seemed to lead to it, and we were feeling encouraged by our recent successes in finding out of the way camping spots.  As we got further north, we realized that the area we were looking for was more of a boat-in camp site, as opposed to drive in.  The roads up there became more and more unkempt.  It was getting late, around 10:30 pm and sunset, and we decided to explore and find a camp spot anyways.

Then a mini-disaster struck.  We found a clearing just off the road, followed the trail in, and made a left turn into a bank of sand.  We spent a few hours trying to get unstuck.  Exhausted and worried, we went to sleep in our stuck van... 28 kilometers from the paved road.  Worth noting: this was the furthest north we made it.

The next morning, we were in better spirits.  We jacked up some of the wheels and filled the wheel pits in with rocks.  Within a couple of hours we were unstuck!

Unstuck!  Off to Quebec!