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Return, Day 5: Ontario to Sault Ste Marie, MI
... staying, so we all drove off. I couldn't help but wonder about him as the day wore on: did he make it? Sometimes life takes courage when we aren't ready.
I arrived in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario around 7pm, as hoped. I was ready to stop, the pets were ready to stop, and the gas tank was down to a quarter. I realized that I could cross now, and save money on both the gas AND the hotel prices over on the US side... and so...
I entered Sault Ste ...
Soo Locks
... side (21 feet). Since the ship was so long it was in the 2nd lock About the same time a tour boat came into the lock closest to us so we were able to see the water rise in the closest one and the ship sink descend. It was done so slowly you don't realize how much they have to lower it until the ship is even with the walkway and still going lower.
By the time the large ship was slowly pulling out of the lock we ...
Day 1 Home - Sault Ste Marie!
First Day!
First day of my big adventure! Pretty uneventful day. Driiving went well, got some minor cramping towards the end of the day but it was fine other than that. Not the best sightseeing weather (cloudy with some rain) but then there wasn't that much to see anyway so it was actually great for driving!
Drove ...
Mackinac Island, Saulte St. Marie
... Blue heads over the Mackinac Bridge to St. Ignace on the shore of the upper peninsula and we take a heading for Saulte St. Marie and the town's famous locks that connect Lake Huron to Lake Superior. This famous route allowed ore carriers to travel down to Detroit to fuel the motor city's hunger for iron. Unfortunately, our weather luck runs out at this point. We drove straight into thunderstorms. At 4 p.m. it ...
Sault Ste Marie & Lake Rousseau
... weekend and we came to a bunch of cars in a small town. We turned the corner and found the Friday Farmers Market at Lake Rousseau. The place was packed and lots of boats were coming in from their lakeside cottages. It was a beautiful spot and we got some fresh food at the same time. Our plan was to get to Lake Superior that night but by the time we got to Sault ...
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