Yesterday we
started out in Wawa, ON, this area was pretty remote until 1960, when the
TransCanada was finally built through here. It’s considered Northern Ontario
even though it is south of Calgary. The climate, vegetation, rocks, etc. remind
me of northern BC, except when we get a spectacular view of Lake Superior. Truck
and trailer are both humming along, the old beast guzzles a lot of gas! Cell service has been iffy for the last few days but usually
have coverage in the towns, also we’ve found wifi in several towns.
I had a little excursion to see the Agawa pictographs; the trail down was a steep track among the boulders, the first sign I came to warned that death and injury have occurred when people were swept or slipped off the rocks. I could hear dad cautioning me, 'that's far enough Judy, but I persevered, the most foolish part was I didn't change out of my flip flops. The pictographs were very hard to see (sun was in my eyes), much better view from the water I climbed out on some rocks and got a slightly better view and made it back to the parking lot with no mishaps.
I had a little excursion to see the Agawa pictographs; the trail down was a steep track among the boulders, the first sign I came to warned that death and injury have occurred when people were swept or slipped off the rocks. I could hear dad cautioning me, 'that's far enough Judy, but I persevered, the most foolish part was I didn't change out of my flip flops. The pictographs were very hard to see (sun was in my eyes), much better view from the water I climbed out on some rocks and got a slightly better view and made it back to the parking lot with no mishaps.
We had an
awesome lunch in Sault Ste. Marie, Low & Slow BBQ, smoked fish
chowder and shared a brisket sandwich, both were very good. We crossed into Michigan and checked out the Soo Locks, there are five locks (4 American, 1 Canadian) moving all manner of freighters and smaller boats between the lakes (Superior & Huron) using the St. Mary's River. We watched a tour boat & the freighter Rt Hon Paul Martin travel through the locks, one up and one down, pretty impressive process. Then along came the cavalry, US Coast Guard, with a pretty impressive boat and a guy standing on the front by a machine gun AND an OPP boat that looked more suited to a couple guys on a fishing trip. Denis' comment; that's representative of our budgets. Camped on the waterfront (Canadian side) and toured the city.
Today, after Denis visited the bush plane museum, we are headed towards Sudbury, have to check out the nickel story. We are camped at Lake Aspey very near Espanola just outside of Sudbury.
Today, after Denis visited the bush plane museum, we are headed towards Sudbury, have to check out the nickel story. We are camped at Lake Aspey very near Espanola just outside of Sudbury.
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| Sault Ste. Marie, ON |
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