Friday, August 26, 2011

Day 55 Summer 2011 Road Trip


We slept in this morning and had a late breakfast.  Then we packed our suitcases and loaded up the car.  We are going to head across the river to Sault Ste. Marie Ontario this morning.

We paid the bridge toll and drove across the International Bridge.

5285 Michigan - Sault Sainte Marie, MI - Customs toll booths 5293 Michigan - Sault Sainte Marie, MI - International Bridge

Half way across and we are back in Canada.

5302 border U.S. and Canada - International Bridge

Clearing customs was a breeze, only 2 cars ahead of us.  We were asked how long we had been in the USA and where we had visited, then the customs officer waved us through.

5316 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Canada Border Inspection 5317 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Canada Border Inspection

We have some time to kill before we can check into our hotel so we went to check out the Canadian Locks.

5319 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site sign 5321 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site - Visitor Centre

There are security rules and regulations to be followed when visiting the locks, but nothing compared to the American locks, we were able to walk along the edge and right out onto the lock gates.

5338 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site - view of Canadian Lock from atop observation platform 5345 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site - Bill on top of Canadian Lock 5342 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site - Canadian Locks and International Bridge

Next we visited the Canadian Bush Plane Museum.

5357 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Canadian Bushplane Museum 5359 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Canadian Bushplane Museum 5367 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Canadian Bushplane Museum

The bush planes were interesting to look at.  I asked if they had a plane to take us up for a flight, but unfortunately there are no charter services in the area.  It would have been fun to fly over the locks and down the St Mary’s River.

5370 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Canadian Bushplane Museum - floatplane 5376 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Canadian Bushplane Museum - deHavilland DHC-2 Beaver 5401 Ontario - Sault Sainte Marie, ON - Canadian Bushplane Museum - Republic RC-3 Seabee

After visiting the museum we checked into our hotel.  We had dinner this evening at Docks Riverfront Grill.
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