Arrived at Neys Lunch and Campground around 3 PM a small campground with only 25 sites but with full utilities at good price.
Neys Provincial Park is right across the street but our experience with the Provincial parks is the expense and lack of space for bigger motorhomes.We took a ride over to the Provincial park and to our surprise the campsites were large and easily accessible.
Oh well, live and learn. Many of the sites are on the banks of Superior with spectacular views. There are a couple of hiking trails that we plan to take tomorrow. Interestingly enough Neys Provincial Park was the site of a German POW camp during WWII. There is a model of the camp at the visitor’s center but unfortunately the center is closed for the season.We toured the town of Marathon – not much to see except for Pebble Beach
or should I say 
Boulder Beach. The beach is a bed of smooth
as silk boulders of varying colors and striations from the surrounding topography. Ron found one he particularly liked and it is now being used as a paperweight in the RV. 
The weather has been very cool with the lows in the high 40’s and the highs in the very low 60’s but sunny. The evening got very chilly and we decided to head in for the night.
On Monday 9/8/08 we took the Prisoner Point trail
from the Prisoner’s Picnic Cove area to the rock foundations along Superior. On the rocks were the remains of two of the boats
used to haul 
the German prisoners to their jobs as lumberjacks. The view from the point was beautiful and peaceful. We sat on the rocks and enjoyed the view. Across from the point in the hills the Canadian Pacific Railway Trains passed through carrying supplies to nearby cities and towns. 
We love spending time on the banks of Lake Superior and cannot fully explain why. The feeling of peacefulness and serenity sounds corny but is what we get from this experience.
We stopped for some groceries at the local food mart. We were searching for a basket and were told they were in the lot but we needed a special coin to get one. Since we didn’t have that coin and were never going to shop there again we opted for an arm basket. Not only is the gas expensive in Canada the food is out of sight too. After shopping we checked out the baskets in the lot. Sure enough you have to insert a one dollar coin to free up the basket and when you return the basket you get your coin refunded. No stealing their baskets, hey!
Marathon has a large pulp mill
in the center of town in operation since 1945. In the early 1980’s three large gold mines were developed in nearby Helmo which is said to have fueled rapid growth for Marathon.
(I’m not sure what that meant 
since there are only 4,400 people in Marathon.) Anyway, the Hemlo gold deposit is one of the richest ever to be found in Canada.Tomorrow we head out with several stops along the way to our final destination on the Circle Tour – Thunder Bay
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