Canadian Take

This photo was shot way back when as we canoed Algonquin Provincial Park in Canada. It is a beautiful area and well worth your time to visit. But it is the "Canadian take" of mine that has always mystified me. We have traveled a fair amount in Canada, not the least of which is because at one time we lived right on the International boundary with Canada. We could essentially see Canadian land, across from Rainy Lake, right from the house. Canada, amazingly enough, is in the main entirely north of Minnesota. Geographically, that uniqueness is maybe the reason Canadians do take their portable TV on camping trips to watch hockey night. Then again, Minnesotans were like that too except they would be at the high school rink on Saturday night instead. But I just returned from Toronto to see the "Dead Sea Scrolls" at the Royal Ontario Musuem and there is a bit more up north. Go figure. Canadians are into politics big-time, try CBC, if you are curious. And having the Dead Sea Scroll exhibit they are even pushing the envelope a bit. But having visited a variety of provinces from east to west and spoken to quite the mix of Canadians I'd say I just can't sterotype them. And you know that is what is so nice about feeling the wind on a Canadian lake with a loon yodelling in the background - it is in having that special encounter with the land and people that settle in your memoryall...