Day 42 - Fort William to Vermillion Bay - Mon, July 29

Our campsite in Fort William

We woke up to a sunnier day. We played a bit of backgammon (I am in the lead) while having our coffee, then sat outside and worked a bit on updating our blogs as we are several days behind not having had internet connections. We never did go visit Fort William and its attractions, even though it looked very interesting! We wanted to get on the road to Vermillion Bay to visit Robert's cousins and families.

We enjoyed the beautiful drive into more familiar Ontario territory.

Robert enjoying the drive, 

even after 12,500 kms of driving 

since we left Fernie in mid June...

Just before 7:00 PM, we got to Pine Acres Camp, in Vermillion Bay, which is mostly a hunting camp now owned by Robert's cousin Chris Lavoie and his wife Lottie. 

Getting close!

 The camp headquarters... where we had the get-together...

Our campsite... camp headquarters in the background...

The camp has been in the family since 1974 when Uncle René and Aunt Joyce (Chris's parents) bought it. Uncle Rene passed away a month ago on June 19... we had started this trip from Falcon Lake on June 18 and had stopped on our first day to visit Uncle René in the hospital. He died the next day... we were so happy that we had the opportunity to see him before he passed.

 Cousin Chris in the camp "headquarters"... 

Chris, Lottie, Forrest and dog Winnie

They had organized a pot luck supper at the camp so we could see as much of the family as possible. We spent a great evening getting re-acquainted with this side of Robert's family, and getting to hear many family stories.

"Voyageur suit" that had been made for Robert's great

grandfather, I. J. "Doc" Lavoie and eventually

handed down to Robert's grandfather Paul Lavoie

About "Doc" Lavoie, Robert's great grandfather...

 The approximate date that Robert's grandfather (Paul Lavoie) 

received the outfit from his dad, "Doc" Lavoie

 The get-together!

 (Left to right) Debbie and Richard, Aaron, Robert, Suzanne, Jeremy, Patti, Chris and Winnie the dog, Ashley holding baby Owen, Hunter, Zach, Harold, Hailey with Susan, Lottie and Autumn.

 Owen, the youngest in the family... (2 months old)

 Owen, Zach, Hailey and Hunter

 Cousin Chris and his wolf kill of November, 2012, one of the
many trophies on display in this lodge... most are his.

"Hello!"

 "Stop staring at me!"

 "Where are the pic-a- nic baskets?"

 "Stay away!"

"I'm watching you!"

"No... I'M watching YOU!"

 "Did I hear someone say pic-a- nic baskets?"

 Getting late, but still enjoying our time together!

 Late night snack???

Chris and Lottie's brand new stereo!

To see more about the camp, go to www.pineacresbearcamp.ca