Cook-Out on Lake Superior

Yesterday we packed a few things and headed north. We took the truck because we intended to go down a bumpy hidden two-track to a secluded beach on Lake Superior. It was a beautiful day and as you can see, we chose a sandy beach this time, not intending to go agate hunting as we did a few days prior. That's another blog I'll share soon.

It isn't easy to see, but the land mass in the distance is Canada. There are many white turbines turning in the wind.

Steve has the grill going. Oh, it smells sooo good! We're munching on cheese and crackers and sipping a sweet red wine. I love my local cherry wine here in Michigan but I haven't had the best of luck finding it lately. We are heading out west soon, and I can't wait to share some with our good friends!

Hank, of course, couldn't get enough of retrieving a stick from the water.

Keeping an eye on our lunch.

The Bratts are Ready!

The Opening of the Soo Locks

 You know it’s spring when the freighters glide in and out of the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie again. They don’t run through the locks January 15 through March 25. Sault Ste. Marie, or the Soo as we call it up here, is about a 40 minute one-way trip for us and sits on the Michigan/Canadian border. The locks run between the US and Canada. Ontario, Canada also has a Sault Ste. Marie across the River from us.

 

I like to memorize the stacks of the ships to see which company it represents on our Great Lakes. I’m sure I’ll be talking more about the ships. You might just call me a “freighter junkie”! This freighter runs for the Canadian Steamship Line. 

Ships Ahoy!

~D