Day 16

We woke up roaring down the road; the diesel engine raring to go on these wide open flat lands and Carl happy to make some time towards Lake Superior while the rest of the crew slept.  The speedometer/odometer has been determined to be underreporting by 13.5%, which means we’ve been getting a respectable 9 ½ miles per gallon of diesel fuel and that there’s actually been no reason to get upset with all the drivers seemingly going under the speed limit on Canada’s many two-lane roadways. Playing Frisbee golf on the grass lawn of Horse Thief Falls’ town park was the highlight of the day.  That happened just after forfeiting our oranges, based on the current citrus alert, to the immigration officer who carefully examined every child’s face through the front driver’s window. Our time in Canada will long be remembered.  We stopped for the night at a road-side rest next to a beautiful Minnesota lake and read aloud from a western novel and from the Bible to end the day.