The decision to wait out the rainy day turned out to be a good one. I spent the inclement day in a couple of friendly spots, first the Café Rosetta in Calumet for some good coffee and excellent tomato basil soup. It also had a speedy wifi signal and I was able to catch up on my posting and photo work. When I tired of coffee I moved down to Houghton to test drive the Keweenaw Brewhouse. There I sampled a couple of their seasonal brews and was able to go on line and review some of the information on the Provincial Parks on my route.

Sunday dawned sunny and as I made my way east toward Sault Ste Marie the lake was on my left for a good portion of the morning. I also got a good look at a cow and calf moose but no pic.  I stopped along the shore and read the mass for that day. Some of my cradle Catholic friends would be quick to razz me good naturedly that that doesn’t “count”, but I’m confident God loved the intent.

For much of the day I had a recurring image in my head of a stairwell full people streaming down the stairs and firefighters going up. NYC cops, firefighters, and first responders should be beloved forever for their work that day. I welled up a number of times that day as I rolled along, and again now as I write about it.  What a day in our history.

The crossing at “The Soo” took awhile. They’re building a new customs checkpoint so the whole thing is a confused jumble of construction zone and temporary lanes and check booths. What I saw of Sault Ste Marie didn’t move me much, ‘ay.  Heading north you’re very quickly in the beauty of Ontario. This is Voyageur country and all the signs are in French and English. Oh yeah, and then there’s that kilometer and Canadian dollars thing.

Pancake Bay campground is very nice. The sites are all strung out for nearly a mile on or near the lake, and the bay is almost entirely sand beach. I even had a nice little creek running right next my site.

I know some of you might think pictures of my truck and camper are getting old. I like to have them for my own memories. But more importantly I take them for my daughter, because when I was taking my trip last winter, she told me she likes to be able to picture me in the spots I stay. So the rest of you will have to just get over it.

Well this post is feeling a little long so I think I’ll close it up. Love you all.