Saturday, August 6, 2016

July 25-29 (N. Bay, Sault Ste. Marie & Superior WI)


Okay, I suppose a bit of an explanation is in order to account for why we are back in North Bay Ontario…

You’ll remember that earlier this year in April Jay & I toured Italy, Sardinia and Corsica via motorcycle. In addition to riding through lush and green countryside we toured several old historical cities, buildings, churches, shops, etc. And now we just had another wonderful four days wandering around old, historical Ottawa.  Then we learned of an upcoming 3-day holiday weekend that we realized was contributing to the outrageous hotel prices we were finding for Montreal and Quebec City. Since this was going to be more lush, green countryside, old historical cities, buildings, churches, etc. we sorta looked at each other and said “let’s head back west.”

Never fear, Montreal is still on our “to do” list but we’ve simply moved it further down and will probably fly there for a long weekend of sightseeing.

While in North Bay we walked to the laundromat after breakfast and washed clothes. Later in the afternoon we found Star Trek showing at the local cinema.

When in Sault Ste. Marie we located our friends Mary & David Proell and made plans to visit with them over the weekend at their home in Avon MN.
On the way to Superior WI we made a stop at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum & Lighthouse at Whitefish Point. The U.S. Coast Guard Lifeboat Station at Whitefish Point was established in 1849.




 
You can spend a night or two in the adaptively restored 1923 Coast Guard Station Crews Quarters. Each of the five themed rooms has a private bath:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scene from the 30 Mile Scenic Drive on the northwestern shore of Lake Superior while we were in Superior WI (borders Duluth MN).
 

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