The third day of our trip

Yesterday's miles were 348 before I get started on today.WOW! The word that we used so many times today that we may have worn it out! We were on the road by 7:20, it was raining lightly but that did not stop us from enjoying all the new blossoms. The cherry blossoms, lilacs, and marsh marigolds are not quite full, most of the trees have their leaves about half out.Our first stop was at an information center with a 9 foot bronze statue of Terry Fox. He was the young man who ran across Canada, all 3339 miles with one leg. He had lost his leg to cancer and his life ended in 1981 from that disease. We cruised many miles down the Courage Highway named after Mr. Fox. The cliffs, vistas, bluffs, mesas and glimpses of Lake Superior are spectacular! We were happy to stop at a few caches in the pull- overs and take some photos.Around noon we saw a car pulled over and Jim jokingly said "what are they looking at a moose?" I screamed, "YES!" He whipped the car around and I snapped 3 photos of a bull moose. A life long dream of mine come true! We watched him for a short time and then a semi came barreling by and he went running deeper into the forest. The moose warning signs are up every 1 -3 kilometers.We stopped atop a huge hill at a picnic spot with spectacular views in every direction. We had to stop for gas, which we need to convert to American yet for our books. We just know it is $1.10 a liter. The lady at the gas station told us that she saw a cub and mama bear on her way into work today. We talked about the moose, which are about as common as white tail deer by us. She said the wolf population is terrible and that a few years ago a sick wolf, grabbed her 3 year old grand daughter right out of her hands. She fought the wolf and it eventually let go, her G-D had to be taken to the hospital to get the bite wounds taken care of. She also needed counseling for a month. The wolf was killed by the authorities that night.Heading toward Sault Ste Marie, admiring the views we came upon a young bear on the side of the road eating what looked like grass. Jim was able to stop and I snapped a few photos. We drove nearly 25 more miles and there was another bear on the side of the road, this one was eating plants too. Not sure if they ate too many marsh marigolds and they were trying to take care of a tummy ache, or they are so hungry they are eating anything. From one of the geocaching logs we read, it sounds like they had quite a few snow squalls in the area less than 2 weeks ago so this may be the first chance the critters are having to get the tender grass near the highways.We made two more stops before getting a room at the Super 8. A gorgeous beach near Pancake Beach called Sawpit Bay. I collected a few rocks for souveniers. The next stop was a very nice waterfall at a wayside. The name of the falls was not posted but the cache was called Chippewa Surprize so that may be its name.We grabbed a sandwich at Arbys and are getting our e-mails taken care of before turning in.We traveled 442 miles and found 11 geocaches. It rained most of the morning but the blue sky and sunshine came out in the afternoon.