O Canada!

The rain arrived during the night and things were pretty damp when the wake up call went off.  No, not the one at the hotel, but the one provided by the 1969 GTO which blasted out a roar from its dual exhaust.  This was one of the Great Race cars staying at our hotel and I guess he needed an early start.  The rain was going to be traveling with us today as well as the Great Racers.  From the hotel breakfast room we could see the race cars pass by with some stopping to put Rain-X on their windshields.

The rain had moved on by the time we crossed over the bridge to Canada.  Not much was planned today but driving to Sudbury, ON, which incidentally is where the Great Race was going to stop for the night.  Once getting through Sault Saint Marie, ON we found RT 17 and stayed on it all day.  Not much navigating to do today.

Our first rest stop was at a neat antique shop called the Round Barn.  It was a beautiful barn made with huge timbers and logs built in 1928.  The main support pole looked like a mast of a ship.  If you happen to pass through Thessalon, ON you might want to visit this place.

We eventually drove into the rain and the temperature seemed to drop.  To counter this change we stopped at Tim Horton's and has some warm soup/chili/pasta.  That hit the spot and we were back on the road towards Sudbury.

We knew the Great Race entourage was in town and sure enough some of the hotels near the day's finish line were sold out.  No problem, we found something a little down the road and barely got settled before a thunder storm moved in. 

After dinner Mike and I decided to head back to the race to see view the cars.  Tonight we talked with a lot of the teams while they were maintaining their cars.  Mike was able to help out the Alan Travis team try to fix a gas leak in their 1909 Renault.  His tube of Seal All did the trick.  I also talked to Jonathan Klinger, who is driving his 1929 Tudor in the race.  Jonathan drove his Model A all last year, snow and all, and blogged the entire challenge.

Tomorrow we will continue toward Ottawa.

Mileage today was 204