Today was drive through the boonies day. After Montreal and Ottawa we needed some fresh air and a taste of wild lakes and streams. Nice breakfast at the Hotel, pay for the parking ($15 CAN for a day), then Google Maps got us out of the city and west on the TransCanada (417 / 17). Gas in the cities is $5.70 per gallon but we saw gas as low as $5.07 out in the boonies. Those prices are Canadian dollars.
Once you get west of Ottawa it very quickly gets rural. Lots of farming (corn mostly) and then it gets more rural and then it's just woods with a gas station / Tim Horton's every now and again. Podcasts burn up the miles and we finally got to the Algonquin Park. You might think you were in the Adirondaks or northern Maine. Same history and uses. Logging with axe and horse, then the train came through and brought tourists with snowshoes, canoes and camps. Now it is full of campgrounds for tenters and RVs with hiking trails and lots of paddling opportunities.
We pulled into Sudbury a little late and checked into the hotel. Strangest hotel yet. There were people in wheelchairs and walkers milling around the parking lot and lobby and a security guard. Our room was on the 5th floor and it was fine. A couple years ago Covid filled up the hospital so they converted the 3rd & 4th floor to hospital rooms, 2nd floor is hospital administration and 5th & 6th floor is still the hotel. Pretty creative, pretty weird.
Dinner around the corner at a local place (salads) and then back to watch the Senate hearings.
If you want to re-live small town Canadian life, check out the sitcom "Corner Gas." Great writing & unlike any show I'd seen before. -- Lindsay
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