Another interesting thing that happened while we were in Thunder Bay, is that Tara contacted a friend of hers from high school, Susan, that she knew lived in Ontario but was not sure where. Turns out she lives in Sudbury. Tara has not seen Susan in 11 years, and was very excited to meet up with her. So we decided to head to Sudbury. We took the overnight bus which was a 14.5 hour ride, and arrived there around noon. Susan lives pretty far from the bus station, so while bicycling there we decided to drop into Kelsey's and visit with our ol' pal Guinness. We stayed with Susan and her mom, and her grandpa who is visiting, from Wednesday to Sunday. We had such an amazing visit. Susan and her mom were so hospitable. The first evening we went to watch Susan and her mom practice with the steel pan band that they are members of. It was awesome! We had never seen anything like it. There are 8 or 9 members in the band I believe, and they get gigs at local events and sometimes are offered out-of-town jobs. They play really well together. The next day Tara and I had some time to kill while Susan was at work, so we went to the theatre to watch "9". Not big fans; we thought it was kinda dumb. That evening Susan took us just out of town to a nice hiking trail and beautiful waterfalls. It was quite nice to see. Over the course of the next few days, we went on a tour of the underground mines, went to Discovery Earth the science center, did some shopping/borrowing, hit up a few night clubs, and had an all around fulfilling visit. Tara and Susan spent much of their time together laughing and re-hashing old memories. It was also a lot of fun shopping with Susan, as she's a bit of a "Stacy London" by trade, and helped us to dress up smokin' hot when we went to the clubs. Thanks Sus! But the best part about the whole visit (besides the abundance of delicious daily home-cooked meals!), was the feeling that we were really supposed to be there. For Tara and Susan, they were at a point in their lives when they really needed to re-connect, and the feeling was evident. It was meant to be. We love you Sus :) See you in Montreal.

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