Day 10, Sept. 12, 2014

COLD in Michigan this am. We drove  50 miles to Sault St. Marie(pronounced Soo st. Marie-American side), to view the locks in St Mary's River joining Lake Superior with Lake Huron. Pic to show locks(4) and international bridge to Canada in background. Watched a 700 ft long by 70 ft wide cargo ship and a small tour boat execute the locks. Note water levels in pics as they will show water levels coming in, going thru and going out. 21 foot drop. Great engineering and great area to visit. We combed through the "River of History Museum" and was wonderful look at Canadian history and the area around the locks. 

Beth wanted to tour one of the large cargo ships(The valley Camp). The load these boats haul across the Great Lakes and into the St. Lawrence River is astounding. One boat-1000 ft. long- can carry the same tonnage as 6 trains pulling 100 full freight cars(or, same as almost 2500 of the 18 wheelers we see everywhere).  The boat that came thru today was ONLY a 700 footer. 

Pic of Beth at lunch. Note colors starting in trees behind. Note pic of her museum boat. Last pic = two swans swimming on Lake Huron just outside the back of our hotel room. 

We are at 1750 miles so will begin our trek back to friendly confines of Va. in am.