Round 2 - Laurentian

If every day [of this road trip] has been a winding road, it has also been a really soggy road. We awoke this morning to heavy rain in the Soo, and it continued off and on until Sudbury.
We arrived early, and so in an attempt to kill off some time before the university tour, we stopped at the Big Nickel, which is, incidentally, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Neither A nor I could remember how old he was when we all came to Sudbury on a camping trip and went down the mine, but we're thinking it may have been 10 years ago. I seem to remember it being grey and wet then too.
Laurentian University is enormous compared with Lakehead. Our tour guide was better. He started us off by taking us to the roof of the tallest building on campus so that we could have a bird's eye view of everything. Apparently in the winter, the town zambonis a good chunk of the lake and everyone skates for free.
He focused more on student life than on academics, as the tourguide at Lakehead had. Overall, the dorms are bigger, the buildings are older and not as well outfitted, the food services sound better (read: healthier to a mom). When asked his preference / opinion comparing the 2 schools, A said it like this: one's a big SUV with nothing on it and the other is a fully loaded small car (always the automotive metaphors). Laurentian is the SUV.
He's leaning toward Lakehead, but months from now, who knows which way the final decision will go.
Long wet uneventful drive from Sudbury to home, but we did see 4 rainbows as we drove across the 407. We're both kinda road-weary, but ending with rainbows was a nice touch.