This pic really doesn't do justice to the beautiful red, orange, yellow, white and tan layers of rock that can be seen out here.
Nickie looking out over Lake Superior
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Lake Superior, Ontario
A bird soars over the clifftop. Layers of colours streak across the rock formations, contrasted against the bushy trees and a lacy veil of clouds making its way across a smooth blue sky. I just love the textures and shapes in this pic! So I was really disappointed to find some odd pixellating along the lower left side. Data loss? Ah well...
This pic really doesn't do justice to the beautiful red, orange, yellow, white and tan layers of rock that can be seen out here.
Nickie looking out over Lake Superior
This pic really doesn't do justice to the beautiful red, orange, yellow, white and tan layers of rock that can be seen out here.
Nickie looking out over Lake Superior
Thunder Bay, Ontario - Terry Fox Monument
Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox (1958-1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer treatment activist. He is considered a true Canadian hero. After losing his right leg to bone cancer, he began training with a prosthetic leg and decided to raise money for cancer research by running a Marathon of Hope across the country. His goal was to raise $1 for every Canadian man, woman, and child (about 22 million at the time) for cancer research.
He planned to run about 42 kilometres (26.2 miles) per day, the distance of a typical marathon, for a total of 5,300 miles. He dipped his artificial foot in the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's, Newfoundland and planned to dip it into the Pacific Ocean in Victoria, British Columbia. He stopped at points along the way to talk to people and spread a message of hope. He ran 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles, or about 23.3 miles per day) through Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, and part of Ontario, past the halfway mark. But just northeast of Thunder Bay, he was forced to stop due to chest pains and breathing problems. The cancer had spread to his lungs. The fundraising continued, however, and his goal was surpassed as $24.17 million was raised. Isadore Sharp, president of the Four Seasons Hotel, wrote Terry saying his dream would continue with an annual fundraising marathon, to be called the Terry Fox Run. This noncompetitive run is conducted all over the world every September, and it is the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research.
To Canadians, Terry Fox is an inspiring example of courage, determination, selflessness, strength of the human spirit, striving to make things better, and the difference one person can make. He has been honoured with a whole slew of awards, both before and after his death in 1981, and tens of millions of dollars have been raised in his name for research to improve cancer detection and find a cure.
He planned to run about 42 kilometres (26.2 miles) per day, the distance of a typical marathon, for a total of 5,300 miles. He dipped his artificial foot in the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's, Newfoundland and planned to dip it into the Pacific Ocean in Victoria, British Columbia. He stopped at points along the way to talk to people and spread a message of hope. He ran 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles, or about 23.3 miles per day) through Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, and part of Ontario, past the halfway mark. But just northeast of Thunder Bay, he was forced to stop due to chest pains and breathing problems. The cancer had spread to his lungs. The fundraising continued, however, and his goal was surpassed as $24.17 million was raised. Isadore Sharp, president of the Four Seasons Hotel, wrote Terry saying his dream would continue with an annual fundraising marathon, to be called the Terry Fox Run. This noncompetitive run is conducted all over the world every September, and it is the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research.
To Canadians, Terry Fox is an inspiring example of courage, determination, selflessness, strength of the human spirit, striving to make things better, and the difference one person can make. He has been honoured with a whole slew of awards, both before and after his death in 1981, and tens of millions of dollars have been raised in his name for research to improve cancer detection and find a cure.
Ignace, Ontario - cool cloud cover
I couldn't resist taking these. The clouds made the sun look so dramatic, and little snippets of brilliant blue sky peeked through from behind them.
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Guess the rest of the blog catching-up will likely end up being done when we reach our destination of Peterborough. There is just too much to squeeze into each day! We'll see how I feel in the morning. Well, it's 12:27 AM now but you know what I mean.
Ontario is a huge province, especially if you're heading east or west across it (which the majority of people are). If you thought we must be close to our destination because we're already in Ontario, you'd be wrong. I reminded Nickie that when we hit the Ontario border we'd only be about 2/3 of the way through our trip.
Ontario is a huge province, especially if you're heading east or west across it (which the majority of people are). If you thought we must be close to our destination because we're already in Ontario, you'd be wrong. I reminded Nickie that when we hit the Ontario border we'd only be about 2/3 of the way through our trip.
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