Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Overcast and wet. This is not a big sightseeing day as we're still in northern Ontario (do they call it northern? because it's actually not that far north) where the scenery, at least on the rail route, looks much the same mile by mile. I'll be glad to get back to the wide open prairie but for today, I'm looking forward to doing nothing.
We got up at about 5:30. First station we were aware of: Capreol. You might be asking where is Capreol? Well, it's much closer to the eastern side of Ontario than the western side, so we've got a long, long way to go to get to Winnipeg.
A little info from the internet:
Capreol formed around the Capreol railway station which was a major divisional point on the Canadian National Railway line. Although the town was originally an independent community with its own thriving economy, it gradually became a satellite community to the more rapidly growing city of Sudbury, approximately 40 kilometres to the south.
Showered and went to breakfast at 6:30. It was cold in the dining car. Sat with English couple from Midlands, England - he was a retired dentist. They were travelling to Jasper, then to Prince Rupert to take ferry to Port Hardy, then going to Tofino, Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle. There were a fair number of English people on this trip so it was unfortunate it wasn't the best experience. At lunchtime we just had dessert and tea with pleasant, humourous couple from around Barrie. Had supper with them as well and enjoyed their company.
Changed clocks back an hour and went to bed early, about 9:00 new time.
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