Our unscheduled "smoke" stop on a grand detour between Wawa and Sault Ste Marie
How did people ever manage before WIFI? We’ve been off the grid for the last couple of days. On Tuesday, our bus had to take a humongous detour because the road was washed out between Wawa and Sault Ste Marie. It felt like we were driving through a gravel nowhere, surrounded by deep bush and untouched lakes. Awe-inspiring really, to think of all that thrives and pulses with life beyond our everyday awareness.
We had to transfer at Thessalon, where we were resigned to a gruelling wait before the last leg to Sault Ste Marie. But two phenomenal Greyhound drivers, Ron Duchesne and Julie Horsfall, conspired to get us a drive right away on our own “private” bus. So, after a total of 13 hours on the road, we landed in Sault Ste Marie at 11 pm and (after a quick supper of MacDonald’s fish fillets : < P) collapsed into our hotel bed before rising at 5:30 am for the next leg of the Tour.
For all that, we did get in three interviews that day—gems that were dropped in our path. Here are their photos.
We had to transfer at Thessalon, where we were resigned to a gruelling wait before the last leg to Sault Ste Marie. But two phenomenal Greyhound drivers, Ron Duchesne and Julie Horsfall, conspired to get us a drive right away on our own “private” bus. So, after a total of 13 hours on the road, we landed in Sault Ste Marie at 11 pm and (after a quick supper of MacDonald’s fish fillets : < P) collapsed into our hotel bed before rising at 5:30 am for the next leg of the Tour.
For all that, we did get in three interviews that day—gems that were dropped in our path. Here are their photos.
Jurg Grossenbacher, a Swiss chef, was heading to Gananoque, Ontario, to look for work.
We interviewed Chelsea Tancon on the bus outside Wawa, Ontario. She's a student at Trinity Western College, in BC.
Fang Hu, a civil engineer, is relocating from Edmonton to a new job in Montreal. He was eager to be interviewed for the Eye for Love Tour.
On Wednesday we travelled four hours to Spanish, Ontario, to reconnect with our Ojibwe extended family. We did an interview with our hostess Betty Townshend. After lunch with Betty and her cousin Millie at the Picnic Basket restaurant, Millie’s boyfriend Denis Gagnier drove us out to the Sagamok Reserve, where we visited the graves of some family members. In the evening, Betty made us a fish dinner, and we hung out with her son Danny and his fiancee Debora Gagnier.
Cousins Millie Gegwetch and Betty Townshend, in Spanish, Ontario. In her interview, Betty spoke about how forgiveness is key in her life.
This morning (Thursday), Danny, Debora and Betty drove us to the side of the highway to get our bus to North Bay. The bus was late and the black flies were so thick, we had to sit in the van. But not before doing an interview with Danny.
Danny Townshend and fiancee Debora Gagné
I manged to edit another video interview on the bus today: Jordan Fieseler, in Regina, Saskatchewan, speaking about empathic communication.
We interviewed soapmaker Jordan Fieseler at the Regina Farmers' Market on May 10.
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