Day 31 Canada Day in Thunder Bay Ont and other travel trivia

You have to chain up the propellors because they get lots of snow in Houghton MI

Pingo so  glad to be back  in the Great White North

Getting near Thunder Bay. Not much turbulence crossing the water, once on land a lot worse.

 Canada Day festivities outside the hotel in Thunder Bay

Andres' 1946 CB  named Eve after his daughter. Andre' is a new friend whom Jack originally connected with through a COPA magazine article.

Jack left today  from his night in Houghton MI. after learning some interesting facts of the area.

Did you know ???

- that Houghton Mi is the birthplace of professional hockey - The Portage Pioneers- late 1800's.m

- that the airport folks are very good to a homeless looking pilot and give him pizza

- that the area is nick named "Copper Islands" because it produced more copper in dollar value than the gold rush.

Now you have travelled to Houghton and on we go across Lake Superior to Thunder Bay where Jack will be spending the night due to weather

His  greatest concern once in Thunder Bay, was clearing customs.There were more questions asked when returning to Canada than there were going into US but all was well. Paper work was properly completed!! Jack said he even put on a clean shirt to clear customs =) that must have done it!

Remember the plane mascot Pingo, remember where he got his name at the beginning of the trip?  When Jack was flying into Tuktoyaktuk on Day 10 he saw them.

A pingo, also called a hydrolaccolith, is a mound of earth-covered ice found in the Arctic and subarctic that can reach up to 70 metres in height and up to 600 m in diameter. The term originated as the Inuvialuktun word for a small hill. 

Tomorrow Jack will make it to Red Lake as the weather will be much better. The ceilings were too low today to finish the last leg. Tonight he gets to catch up from last night in the plane, mosquito attack!. Also time for him to reflect that on July 1st 2004 ( I think or 2005) Jack had his re-birthday and was shocked back to life after his heart attack. He is feeling very blessed to be able to do what he is doing  now and to have so much support.

Tomorrow will be a good day spent with Braydon going over the highlights of his trip so far.

Sleep well Captain Jack. 

posted by Jo