Before leaving Mackinaw City we found a place to give the coach a bath! It really needed it. It was windy as we crossed over the bridge. Taking County Rd 63 all the way to the "Soo" (nickname for Sault Ste Marie). Part way we pulled over and had a "chinese fire drill" - Yep Sandi drove for the 1st time! Ken took over as we came into Sault Ste Marie.
We aren't making any reservations, so we found the Aune-Osborne Campground which is right on the St Mary River just south of the "Soo Locks". After setting up we went into town to the locks. There were no freighters scheduled to come through this afternoon, but a barge came through with a load and it was very intersting. The lady at the visitor center gave me a phone number to call in the morning to find out the schedule for the ships coming through. We hope to see a bigger one tomorrow.
Walking back to the car we stopped at the Shipwreck Museum. We watched a video and learned a lot about the start of the weather stations and the importance of the light keepers. There were artist renderings of the famous Great Lake shipwrecks along the wall. The number of shipwrecks in this area is amazing!
On the way back to camp we stopped at the Ship Valley Camp Museum. This is a retired cargo freighter and you can walk through it from top to bottom. The museum had great exhibits on Great Lake Shipping, fishing, artifacts and information on shipwrecks. I couldn't believe how huge this ship was!
The salmon are starting to come into the St Mary River now so we got our licenses at "Woodys" store and we'll go fishing tomorrow morning.
Back at camp it is really cold and windy. We have been in our fleece jackets all day!
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