Round 1 - Lakehead

This morning, we toured Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. They have a BSc program focusing on geoarchaeology that A is interested in. Given that their open house was originally scheduled for a Tuesday (?!) in December (!!?!) (who comes all the way to Thunder Bay on a Tuesday in December?!!), we decided that summer holiday suited us better. Here's what we found out.
Pros: very community focused - curricular foci seem really current - all lecture halls have been built or modified for laptops and internet - very small class sizes - they have a paleo DNA lab that is foremost in North America
Cons: food service doesn't sound as healthy as at UVic, but maybe that was because our tour guide had a penchant for hamburgers - floors in the dorms are coed (mom's con, not A's) - double rooms are very small
Jury is only just starting to deliberate, but A liked the small class sizes and the dorm set up didn't seem to bother him.
Then, we started the drive back. From Thunder Bay to the Soo where we have stopped for the night, is about 8 hours. Add in my stops for pretty views of Lake Superior (who was not completely fogged in today), stops for bridge repairs, and stops in general, even driving with polite disregard for the speed limit, it did indeed take 8 hours. The sun came out at Agawa Bay in Lake Superior Provincial Park, so the views of the lake for the eastern part of the drive to the Soo were lovely. Boy, she's big.
Tomorrow, we have to get from here to Sudbury for Round 2 - the tour of Laurentian. That's about 4 hours, then from Sudbury to home is another 6. I should be sick of driving by now, but the roads have been clear for the most part, so it hasn't been strenuous. Wait until we reach the GTA...