Date	Start Location	End Location	Start Time	End Time	Start Mileage	End Mileage	Daily Mileage	Weather Conditions
Day 27 Sat 7/12	Winnipeg	Thunder Bay	Noon	Midnight	25,629	26,141	512	Clear and hot all day. Wet fog at night.
Travel Highlights
Back to high-speed miles. The scenery got a little better . We traded flat and barren for slight curves and hills in the morning and fully wooded corridors in the afternoon. It would have been pretty but the main highway view of the many lakes and ponds were obstructed, except for occasional glimpses, by very dense treed forests. We stopped for lunch and were redirected to an alternate route to our destination due to the fact that the intended route was under construction and a very large section was gravel only. This info was arrived at because of some comments made to me by what appeared to be the local town drunk or panhandler. You never know who the messenger might be :~} The new route was prettier but would add unplanned hours to the day. Due to the fact that we slept in and got a late start, we ended up riding at night. As dusk approached we saw a fox, several large white tail deer and two moose. Around 10pm it was just fully dark and starting to get foggy. We slowed down from the newly accustomed speeds of 80-100 mph to around 40-60. We were staying very alert, thank god, when something appeared about 15 feet in front of us, or at least it seemed that close. It was the biggest, tallest and most intimidating butt I have ever seen. That’s right, we had just encountered, and almost closely encountered “A MOOSE BUTT”. The result was way too close to unfavorable and unimaginable and the effect was a cross between fear and hilarity. We joked about if for miles and needless to say slowed down even more. The next 3 minutes were eerie and fascinating all at once. You know how when a light hits a pair of eyes at just the right angel in the dark and the eyes light up and reflect back at you for a second or two? Well that is what both sides of the road looked like for miles. We saw dozens of pairs of eyes giving evidence of the animal kingdom watching us as we traveled by. The roads were wet from the fog so we tried to get a room in the next town of Kakabeka Falls. Would you believe that this tiny spot in the road of a town was sold out for a baseball competition? We had to go about 30 minutes further to Thunder Bay. We got a couple of hot chocolates and checked in to a hotel for the night.