a trip of ten thousand lakes minus two :)

ni lah sean nyer favourite country..hehe..tak sadar diri betul tau si sean ni..hehehe

well, minnesota nyer slogan..land of 10,000 lakes :) yang minus two tu, kira the lakes that we stopped by but weren't impressed. one was okoboji in iowa, while the other was in nebraska..nama lake dia i nak kena tanyer sean. i have forgotten.

tengah tunggu makanan..lapar..

ni sean lagi..lapar habis..sebab tu muka camtu..sib baik i tak amik gambar lepas makan..hehe..lagi not happy.

anyway, we got into canada the same day. it was bleak and rainy the whole drive. we did not stop for lunch, instead eat chips and soft drinks in the car and eating the fruits that we had bought from the market. habis melekit kat belakang, sarah nyer pasal lah ni. hehe..seme sarah nyer pasal eh..hahaha.

our hotel

lake superior

anyway, disebabkan sean mengamuk that food was not great at the market, he refused to stop anywhere in minnesota until we get to canada lah. sampai jer we had spent like an hour driving around trying to find the hotel..but in the end, i told to stop at a gas station so i can ask. kalau nak tunggu dia..lambatlah..he'd rather drive aimlessly than asking for directions cheh! anyway, sampai jer..checked in and well, the view was nice, but the beds were small. dah lah hotel kat conference tu not that great, seems like this hotel was the same way too. then we looked around for a place to eat. most places nampak tutup gitu..so in the end we went to this place called gargoyle's. pretty pricey, so i thought that well, maybe the food would be okay lah eh.

the marina

i love the marina..kakak tangkap feeling..entah2 she was spitting...hahah

we thought wrong, it was terrible. the girls had fried calamri and i thought it was okay, but sean said that he didn't care much for it. we ordered this portobello pizza with carmelised onions and red peppers with asiago cheese on a white sauce. sounds great right? well it came and it looked good. thin crust, yumms, until i took one bite and wahhh..so sweet like someone put sugar in it. it tasted more like a dessert. since dah order kan..nak tak nak, habis kan jugak lah. i forced myself to finish it...it was awful. ( we read online later that the restaurant actually had very good reviews..but i guess we came on their off days agaknyer ) balik kat the room, sean said let's order proper pizza, so i ordered a cheese pizza and alamak..something must be wrong with this place agaknyer..it was also terrible. oily, and dry...such a disappointment and it was pretty pricey too for a medium pizza. sean dah boring sehhhhh...

love the banks kat sini..love the dandelions

ada pulak itek dengan anak dia berenang :)

besok nyer we walked across the bridge to the bay and marina and the rest of the town. i can see, how pretty this place is, but too bad it has fallen on hard times. a lot of businesses have closed down. so to revive the economy, they build a casino and that is what has kept it going. safe to say, sean said, let's jet. so we left, but by that time dah nak dekat noon and apa lagi..the girls and i dah lapar kan. sean said that he takut nak try any other eatery. so i told him why not go to tim horton's. wish kat sini ada tim horton's. it's the canadian franchise, like dunkin donuts gitu. apa lagi, i bought donuts lah and it was so good. also bought two of their cappe drinks...oh those flavoured coffee drinks lah kan..honestly, this was the first time i bought such drinks. i am not a mocha fan, but i ordered a hazelnut and a brownie flavoured one..and my goodness was it good :) so that was our lunch..:)

kesian empunya diri yang tengah lonely too..but it really sums up thunder bay

i love the bridge :)

we drove on highway ..tak tau pulak apa number and stopped here and there to look at the beautiful lakes all along the the way. it was so beautiful..but tak tahan nyamuk dia lah. besar besar sehhhh. i think we stopped at about 5 or 6 lakes and we hardly meet anyone on those lakes. except for one, where this lady asked me if i liked my camera and i said that i loved it. she said she does too because she has the exact same one..hehehehe.

Nym lake

Nym again

i have to say that i find canadians very friendly. a lot nicer than some of the americans , depending on which state that you visit of course. next year sean nyer conference will be in branson missouri..not my fav place. been there once for another conference and that was the first time that i had encountered racism. so we'll see how this time will be. anyway, after the last lake that we stopped , which was called Nym, very beautiful, we drove all the way to Bemidji, MN, where we stayed the night :) as per normal..here are more pics :)

this lake ..i tak tau apa nama dia dah lupa dah..