Start: Pembroke, OntFinish: Sault Ste. Marie, Ont
Time: 10 hours
Distance: 657 km
Remaining: 2,729 km
Harry Potter Discs: 1-3
So we're here in Sault Ste. Marie, affectionately referred to as "The Sault" (pronounced like "Soo" or "Sioux" or "Sue"). The city straddles the marine border between Canada and the US at the Saint Mary's River, which connects Lake Superior to Lake Huron. I noticed a milk carton in the Pita Pit that read "Lock City Dairy" or something like that. More cargo passes through the Soo Locks here than any other locks in the world. Wicked.
We got a little hotel on the waterfront, and I accosted some elderly folks to get directions for a pleasant walk. They pointed us in the direction of Queen Street, where there's a lovely promenade -- which was completely deserted. Not a lot of nightlife in the Sault on this day. We still managed to get a decent pita, however.
Ten hours driving in the truck today. We listened to the first three CDs of the latest Harry Potter book. There's 17 discs in the set, so we should finish it fairly easily during the trip. We also picked up some fudge at a little rest stop somewhere. Those were the big highlights of the day.
We pretty much missed Sudbury. We had planned on eating lunch there, but the highway circled around the outskirts, keeping us a safe distance from any decent places to stop and eat.
Scott handled things very well. He slept for an extraordinary percentage of the day. The constant rumble of the truck seems to soothe him into a deeper sleep than he ever enjoyed in the Civic. It's fun to have the whole family up front in the car. Sometimes I will look over and catch Scott staring at me. Then he smiles and it is the cutest thing.
He has these little booties that some friends gave us just before we left. The booties have little animals on the end of the foot with a rattle inside. He loves to watch his feet.
Hopefully, he'll keep it up tomorrow. Bring on Thunder Bay.
9 comments:
Sounds like a great start to your trip. Keep it up. helen
We could hardly wait to get home from shopping tonight to see how your day had gone. So glad that your first full day went so well. Love the pictures.
(Grandpa A thinks you should syndicate your writing in newspapers.)
I agree with Grandpa A.
I love that Scott watches you and then smiles when you look at him.
So, you're photographing your passengers while you are driving. How safe is that, mister?
P.S. Gary was looking at your post over my shoulder, and he thinks Scott's nose can be traced directly to our side of the family.
This is really cool. Scott looks quite content. I too love it when the kids can ride up front sans airbags. Makes me feel like im a dad and not a cabbie.
Those are beautiful pics. You are so smart to listen to HP on tape for your long drive. What a great idea.
Glad things going well. I've taken pictures while driving and know how distracting it can be! Give the camera to Scott. Let him point & click (maybe R can help). He can point at himself for some good close ups. We have an ad campaign here called "Zero Fatalities - A goal we can all live with" I'm so glad they have gone beyond emphasizing driving under the influence and are also including drowsy & distracted driving as well as not buckling up. One ad shows a driver doing the "Bob" - head bobbing forward as they are falling asleep. I was guilty of that and had some dangerously close calls. I even tried an earpiece that supposedly truck drivers use that beeps if your head falls forward. I found that by the time your head falls forward enough to set off the beep, you have already drifted into the oncoming lane. As sleep takes over and head falls forward, arms also relax & "drop". The hand holding the steering wheel pulls the wheel with it either to the right or left. Can happen when distracted too. Reaching for something and you don't realize while reaching, the other arm is pulling the wheel more than you think and putting you somewhere else on the road than where you intended to be! That's why you hear about drowsy or otherwise impaired drivers drifting into oncoming traffic and causing head on collisions. Also, you never know when something will dart in front of you or drop off a vehicle in front of you and you swerve, over correct and roll. Take it from one who knows! ALWAYS be aware of what's happening around you in time to react safely! I'm grateful every day that my irresponsible impaired driving didn't kill me, my kids or someone else! Drive defensively because you never know how impaired the driver next to you might be!
I served in "The Soo" for 8 months and boy did I see a lot of cargo. Is that giant illuminated cross still standing?
I didn't see a large cross, but I did see a lot of cargo. Of course, I was in the city for little more than 14 hours -- largely asleep in bed.
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