46° 29.975’ N
084° 20.255’ W
Sault St. Marie, Michigan
First of all – HAPPY BIRTHDAY – to son-in-law Ray.
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| Whitefish Point Harbor |
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| Whitefish Point Lighthouse |
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| Edmund Fitzgerald Bell |
We got our folding bikes out of storage and rode to the lighthouse and museum which turned out to be very special. All of the displays were extremely well done. One of the main attractions is the ships bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald. It’s now the final resting place for the bell by request of the crew’s, family members. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship ever to sink on the Great Lakes. The museum is a tribute to all that have lost their lives on the great lakes.
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| Arriving at Soo locks |
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| Spectators at locks |
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| In Soo locks |
On return to the boat we departed Whitefish Point and steered for the Soo Locks. We followed one of the super carriers 1013 long for four hours then entered parallel locks in the same time frame. There is a large visitor center at the locks and there was hundreds of spectators watching us enter then lock through. It actually was a lot of fun talking to the people in the viewing area. We were out of the lock and in our harbor, fueled up and securing the boat in her slip when the ore carrier passed our harbor entrance.
As soon as we secured our boat we were on our bikes and off to get one of the best hamburgers we have ever eaten. We found this small drive-in on our way into Lake Superior and said at the time we would return on our way out.
Tomorrow might be a day of R & R!
