July 23, 2008 Aune-Osborn Campground, Sault St Marie MI
The weather has turned really nice, clear blue skies, and the temperatures are very comfortable, no humidity and more like NZ.. We cruised north, to Sault (pronounced “Soo”) Ste Marie, stopping at a little country diner in Rudyard for coffee. Had a chat with the and learnt that the countryside around is solely used to produce hay which is shipped south to the places like Kentucky for horse feed. This summer though has been extremely wet and they are having a job getting it cut.
The weather has turned really nice, clear blue skies, and the temperatures are very comfortable, no humidity and more like NZ.. We cruised north, to Sault (pronounced “Soo”) Ste Marie, stopping at a little country diner in Rudyard for coffee. Had a chat with the and learnt that the countryside around is solely used to produce hay which is shipped south to the places like Kentucky for horse feed. This summer though has been extremely wet and they are having a job getting it cut.
On into Sault Ste Marie, on the Michigan side, on the shores of St Mary’s River which joins Lake Superior to Lake Huron, 19 feet lower. A lock is used to take the big lake ships, some over 1000 feet long, between the lakes. We took a 2 hour tour on a boat, that took us through the Canadian lock, which is only used for small boats, then back through the main lock. It took about 15 minutes for the water to rise before the boats could move on. Very worthwhile trip.
Camp for the night is on the banks of the River, great spot, watching the boats going up and down.
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Probably about 13 degrees!
Ed, thought you would enjoy those deer...in fact Ian slowed right down! Coffee is nothing fancy, just getting filter coffee. We make the best coffee's in NZ!