Let’s Go for a Boat Ride!

Yesterday was a perfect day to take the boat out for a dry run, well, a wet run technically. But who wants to be technical on a gorgeous Sunday. Of course, our Skipper Hank came along. He was our navigator. Easy peasy, but we didn’t tell him that because the water was as flat as a pancake. Glass. Baby’s bottom.

We didn’t do any fishing.

But we are ready!

One of many secluded beaches on the St. Mary’s River.

These next two pictures show you the haze in the sky coming from Canadian and downstate Michigan wildfires.

We found a nice sandy spot.

So Hank could chase a stick!

And take a break.

Back on the water we watched a Canadian freighter glide by.

A perfect wet run on the water!

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