Wawa, Ontario

On Day 12, we said our final goodbye to Lake Huron, destined for the greatest lake of all, Lake Superior. Our soft policy of driving no more than 4-4.5 hours a day required a stop in the town of Wawa before ultimately heading to Pukaskwa National Park along the lake the next day.

It was a gray day, only augmented by the sorry state of Wawa's main Street. 

The town appears to be known for two things, the fact that it happens to be the intersection point of two major highways heading west and a very large goose statue.

The thing is, geese are absolutely filthy creatures. Anyone who has suffered prolonged experience with these glorified shitting machines is well aware that they can turn a pleasant riverside path into a minefield of irregularly large bird turds--and very quickly. So having a high number of geese in your area is nothing to be proud of, let alone celebrate with a statue. 

As it turned out, we should have taken one good look at the statue and used it as a barometer for the (crappy) experience to come in Wawa.

The fact Wawa Lake is right off Main Street may be the only redeeming feature of the town. Kenting likes to sample the water of every lake we visit.

We were booked to stay at a wild blueberry farm just outside the town. It was another Harvest Host site, and we figured getting a basket of berries was more than a fair deal for a free place to park for the night.

Somewhat outrageously though, it turned out that wild blueberry season was over, and they only had jams and wine left. The wine was subpar at best, so we settled for the jam, which proved decent. Still, I was moderately annoyed by the exchange, as I figured early September was safe ground for blueberry season.

A rain soon fell to compliment the general aura in Wawa, so we spent the afternoon and evening tucked away safely inside the Kodiak, minus any blueberries. We had three other neighboring vehicles for the evening, also presumably blueberry-less.

We turned in that night determined to leave Wawa behind early the next day, rain or shine.

The sun came up the next morning as if to indicate that we would be redeemed down the road...

... So we drove on.