We had made an appointment at Petsmart in Thunder Bay to have Tinker bathed, so we stopped on our way south and left Tinker there. Then we headed south on Hwy 61 and crossed the US/Canadian border into Minnesota which is in the Central Time Zone (Thunder Bay is in the Eastern Time Zone).
The Post Office is located inside the Grand Portage Trading Post. We filled up the gas tank in Al’s car before going in to pick up our mail. We had had our mail sent Priority Mail from Pensacola, FL on July 13 and it had arrived July 15 at General Delivery in Grand Portage! How fast is that?!
After we got our mail we decided to eat lunch at the Rendezvous Grill inside the Trading Post. When we got back to the border there were several cars and 4 motorcycles ahead of us and just 1 lane open, so it took us longer to cross the border this time. There had only been 1 car ahead of us when we crossed the border earlier this morning.
Mike and I had California hamburgers (lettuce and tomato on the burger) and french fries. Al and Symphony split a roast beef sub (the sub was huge) with cole slaw and french fries.
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After lunch we headed back to Thunder Bay. Once back in Thunder Bay we stopped at Petsmart and picked up Tinker. Before going back to the campground, we went to the Real Canadian Superstore to get some groceries. This was our first time shopping at a Real Canadian Superstore and it is quite a store. It is similar to the Wal-Mart Supercenters, but it seemed larger in size and with more variety of products.
Then we headed back to the campground. After dinner Al, Symphony and I took Tinker and Chrissy for a walk around the campground.
While we were out walking Mike called a couple of campgrounds listed in the AAA Canadian Campground book and checked on campsite availability for Sunday and Monday nights for our overnight stops between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg.
We’ll be staying at Cobblestone Lodge Campground near Ignace on Sunday and Longbow Lake Campground near Kenora on Monday.
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