Along the river

After making the small hike to Middle Falls, I drove my mom and Bruce to the Ontario Info building to go on the hiking trail to High Falls. Similar to Niagara Falls, High Falls can be viewed from both the Canadian and American side - the invisible border. You can wave to your friends across the river - how cool is that! Here are some views of the Pidgeon River near High Falls.

In May, my sister inlaw Kristin went to both High Falls and Middle Falls with her mom and her photos are great so it gave me an idea that maybe we can do it the hikes on my mom's birthday. My mom enjoys being active and hiking, so doing these hikes with her children I thought would be a cool present to give her too. Thank you Kristin for reminding us of a couple of hidden away places in Thunder Bay's own back door. On the drive back to Thunder Bay, we stopped at the Thunder Bay Cheese Farm where they make fresh Gouda cheese. I took some samples for my coworkers in Calgary - they loved the different tastes.

For this recent trip back to Thunder Bay, a place I was born and raised in, I thought it would be neat to play "a tourist". To prep for that, I did some googling of the Thunder Bay area. I found this website that could turn out to be a great trip especially if you enjoy both hiking and waterfalls - here is the web address: http://gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/superiortour.shtml It shows all the waterfalls that you can go to on both sides of the border around Lake Superior.