Canadian Shield Challenge

The objective: to visit the Canadian Shield for 4 days on $500 or less. To come home rested, refreshed, and not broke. All food and any lodging must be obtained from a non-chain establishment.
The challenge: camping saves money, but rain is predicted for the next few days. Food is expensive. Gas is expensive. Everything's expensive. Chains are prolific



Now, we have no intentions of traveling the entire length of this natural landform. Just making it halfway around Lake Superior would be nice. We've heard from a friend that things are cheap up that way, and I've always wanted to see the rock formations around the lake.

We're packing up camping gear today, trying to fix the broken speedometer and irregular brake caliper on the passenger side that cause our car to squeal like a baby pig when we stop. Although we're currently at Michael's mom's house in Niles, MI, three hours south of home, we hope to leave our house sometime tomorrow and head further north into the 'wilds' of Canadia!

Stay tuned for travel updates, pictures, and little adventure snippets from the road! Our passports are in hand, our kids are safely ensconced at Gramma's, and our odd bits of camp gear are packed in a bin. Wish us luck! Look for updates as internet is available!

Update: veni, vidi, vici! I have pictures, but not many as it was just more fun to absorb the beauty rather than photo most of it. We spent time at Agawa Bay park, visited Wawa, and just enjoyed the lovely rocks and mountains.

Labels: Canada, Lake Superior, Michigan, Northern Michigan, travel, vacation