Chutes and Nickels.

I couldn't say that waking up in a wal-mart parking lot was on my bucket list, but if it was, it would definitely be checked off now. Last night we drove from Petawawa to Sudbury, and arrived in the Wal-Mart parking lot around 11:30 p.m. We joined our other R.V. comrades and went to sleep. Sawyer woke up at 5:30, eager to check out Sudbury, so Andy graciously took her out walking until 7:45 so that the kids and I could keep sleeping. When everyone was awake, dressed and fed, we went into get groceries. It felt strange to walk out our front door and right into a store. The ultimate in convenience.

Then we did a quick stop at the Big Nickel. Unfortunately it ended with a legendary poopy diaper from Soren. The kind that involves poop from the belly button to the ankle.

Shortly after we got on our way, Andy witnessed a horrible car accident happen right in front of us. He pulled over to help rescue the ladies from their car, which was destroyed. Two of the girls were very shaken up and came into the RV to lie down. Thankfully, God protected them all, and after the ambulances and police arrived, we headed back out.

We stopped for lunch at Chutes Provincial Park and ended up staying for hours. After a wonderful picnic in the shade, we put on our bathing suits and played in the waterfall. Annika and I rode down a little rapid, and she loved it. Sawyer just enjoyed eating dirt and driftwood while sitting in the water.

Andy got sleepy on the next leg of the drive, so I took over driving for an hour or so. It was hard to drive this monster. Turns out, Andy's got a weaker stomach than me, and was pretty green by the time we reached our campsite. We are in Sault Ste. Marie for the night and are actually at a real campsite for the first night. After dinner the kids and Andy went for a quick swim in the pool and now they are having movie and popcorn before bed. All in all, a most wonderful day. Tomorrow we are going to try and push hard to get to Thunder Bay. It is more than 9 hours away, so it will be our longest stretch so far. Time to drug myself with herbal gravol.