Day 20 – Saturday, June 12, 2010
N – 46° 29.974’
W – 084° 20.254’
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Today was a strange day. Most of the night it rained and was spent bouncing around and hearing water slap against the hull until the alarm went off at 5:45! I got up to fog, rain, wind, and when I stepped out off of the boat I saw white caps! I returned to the boat and logged on to the NOAA weather site and saw small craft warnings and went back to bed! That is not the best way to start the day.
By 1 pm the weather started to clear and Barb said that the sky was almost blue! John came to the boat at 1:30 and said the weather was clearing and asked what I thought about getting underway. At exactly 1:58 pm (picture on left) we had disconnected from power and water, released our dock lines and were backing out of the slip. The skies were overcast but the water was flat ---- sometimes glass like until we reached Sault Ste Marie five hours later. All in all it was a great trip. At present were about a half a mile from the locks which we will tour tomorrow. For the next few days we will be tourists here, and visit a bulk carrier “ship”, museum and take a train trip somewhere in Canada! I’m sure we will find somewhere to purchase ice cream - one of the main ingredients of the food pyramid.
N – 46° 29.974’
W – 084° 20.254’
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Today was a strange day. Most of the night it rained and was spent bouncing around and hearing water slap against the hull until the alarm went off at 5:45! I got up to fog, rain, wind, and when I stepped out off of the boat I saw white caps! I returned to the boat and logged on to the NOAA weather site and saw small craft warnings and went back to bed! That is not the best way to start the day.
By 1 pm the weather started to clear and Barb said that the sky was almost blue! John came to the boat at 1:30 and said the weather was clearing and asked what I thought about getting underway. At exactly 1:58 pm (picture on left) we had disconnected from power and water, released our dock lines and were backing out of the slip. The skies were overcast but the water was flat ---- sometimes glass like until we reached Sault Ste Marie five hours later. All in all it was a great trip. At present were about a half a mile from the locks which we will tour tomorrow. For the next few days we will be tourists here, and visit a bulk carrier “ship”, museum and take a train trip somewhere in Canada! I’m sure we will find somewhere to purchase ice cream - one of the main ingredients of the food pyramid. 
<- Bald Eagle
Approaching Sault Ste. Marie, MI ->
