Driving the north shore of Lake Superior is classed as one of the great drives in the world, we have done a few of these drives on our travels some are a bit of a let down, and not as good as they make them out to be. This drive is not a let down, its a superb drive, the only problem is The Lake Superior weather which can be a bit changeable. This is our second time, the first we drove through fog, winds and driving rain and didn't see a thing. Hopefully this time we will hit it lucky. The photo above was taken from The Terry Fox Memorial looking out over Thunder Bay with all the ships waiting to be loaded.
Nipigon Bay about 110 kilometres from Thunder Bay, the Trans-Canada has just turned in an eastwards direction.
Red Rock in this part of the world.
Looking south, I think the thin sliver of land is Wilson Island.
Lovely wild flowers. We are now in Marathon which is about 250 kilometres from Thunder Bay. Stopped here for the night. 
Lots of wild flowers in a meadow by the ski lift at Marathon. 
The beach at Lake Wawa, spent the second night here. A drilling rig below used to find iron ore here in the thirties
Todays trip about About 210 kilometres
What a difference a day makes, the notorious Lake Superior weather strikes again.
After about 30 minuets we had to pull of the road and sit this out.
Back on the road, rain eased off for a while, now driving through pinky/white rocks.
We had to pull off one more time, drove 220 kilometres today, took us just over 4 hours, which considering the conditions wasn't so bad.
A great drive pity the weather let us down for the last section.
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