We stayed at an Indian Casino on the American side of Sault Ste Marie, which was nice. Expect the rooms were a little strange. The window looked out to the inside of the hotel. We got a pretty good shot of that on our little documentary that we are making.
The next morning we crossed the boarder, took out some Canadian dollars from the bank, ate lunch, went to a grocery store to stock up for our next two nights of camping, and then hit the road again.
Fast forward to 4 hours later. We arrived at the next campsite (Chutes Provincial Park) which was in a very small town called Massey, Ontario. We found our site, set up the tent and everything again. Made dinner, played some gin rummy, and stayed away from Black Bears. All of which we could have been having a LOT more fun doing if it was for all the MOSQUITOES!!! BUGS EVERYWHERE!!! According to both Michael and Zoe, our Deep Woods Off spray didn't work too well. I think it did. I mean, the bits could have been worse. But the bugs were super annoying and now we all have little souvenirs all over our bodies (even in strange spots) from that campsite/park. The best part about our stay at Chutes was the amazing waterfall and lake we found on our walk. I was expecting some waterfalls from the website, but this was far more than I had expected. It was beautiful. As soon as I have the capabilitly to load pictures up here, I will do so.
This morning we packed up the tent again and drove an hour-ish north east to Sudbury, and checked into a nice little B&B. Yes... we are staying at a B&B. It's funny...I'm sure. Seriously though, it is sooo nice to be bug free while sleeping or doing anything for that matter. Today, we checked out the town of Sudbury, which, as I said early...kind of...well, interesting. We went to a Science Museum called Science North. I made a snow flake cut out (I had some folding difficulties) which I will give to someone when I get back. Not sure who yet though. The museum was pretty cool. We saw a beaver and a porcupine! They both did not smell very good. We also learned OH so much about the human body and how its bad to smoke. We tested out our eye sight (my astigmatism is still there), listened to our hearts beat, lied down on a bed of nails (craziness), leaded about that thing we call water, walked through a tunnel, saw dinosaur bones, and looked at creepy animals like snakes, scorpions, spiders, cockroaches, etc. (we did not stay long in that section), AND saw an amazing rap music video about bees! Later today we went to see "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" at a local movie theatre. We only paid $2!!! How amazing is that?!!!
We have decided to cut our trip short by one day because Zoe has a little bit of a cold, and we don't want her sleeping outside in a tent for two more nights. Also...we are all tired of those crazy bugs. OUR SKIN CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!
Tomorrow, we are driving back to the states through "The Sault" again, then we are continuing on to St. Ignace, MI (in the Upper Peninsula...for those of you who are unfamiliar). We are going to take a side trip to Mackinaw Island while we are there. The next (or night...we are not sure yet) we are driving down to Ludington, MI, staying a night there, and then taking a ferry bright an early the next morning across Lake Michigan. This will land us in Manitowac, WI. Then we will drive three or four hours back to my lovely abode in Madison. I will write more about the last leg of the trip after it happens... which probably won't be until I get home. Then I can also put up pictures.
Now that I have written a whole essay about the first part of our trip, I think I will go to sleep. I hope everyone is just fine and dandy!
Much love,
Meg.
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