Gorgeous sunny and warm day. For us northern types, anyway. In the 60s. My two southern friends are sporting down jackets, cashmere sweaters, etc. I'd die of heat prostration in that getup!
Went back to Kinniwabi Pines for breakfast. Only one person on duty, so he was waiter and cook. A bit slow, but breakfast was good. Our waiter from last night finally showed up to give him a hand.
Got our laugh for the morning as we went into the restaurant. There was a truck parked there with a black lab sitting all perky and alert in the driver's seat, looking for all the world like he was ready to drive the truck!
Great opera in the restaurant! Very unusual to have such good music with your food.
First stop was Old Woman's Bay—we found someone to take a picture of the three of us “old” women by the sign. It was a beautiful spot. Then we crossed the Old Woman River. Heidi observed that it was a bit dried up. Guess that's what happens to old women.
Then we passed a Mom Lake on the left and a Baby Lake on the right. The Baby Lake was really small. After that came Orphan Lake. The early explorers evidently had a sense of humor.
As we crossed the Coldwater River, Carolyn opined that as far as she was concerned, it was all cold water! We had previously crossed Coldwater Creek, yesterday, I think.
Next stop was Katherine Cove. Beautiful sand beach with shallow water. Found a great inukshuk. Contributed a stone to the start of another one.
All of these locations are in Lake Superior Provincial Park—a great place. Also stopped at the park headquarters and got some helpful advice from a very nice woman there.
She recommended that we stop at The Agawa Indian Trading Post in Pancake Bay and take advantage of their fall sale. Well, of course we needed no encouragement to do that, so off we went. I acquired an inukshuk, some amethyst, a Canada hooded sweatshirt, and a magnet, of course. Turns out to be a good thing I bought the sweatshirt because I seem to have left my hoodie behind and I'll need something on my ears for our boat tours in the days to come.
Then stopped for a picnic lunch right on the shore of the lake in Batchawana Bay Provincial Park. It was so peaceful right on the shore of the lake, nobody around, just listening to the lake lap at the shore.
There was a big, fat seagull keeping a close eye on us. I decided to feed him the remains of our baguette. That attracted another seagull, who was chased off by our guy. Then I started throwing the pieces skyward and hordes descended on us! It's fun watching them dive bomb each other and snatch the bread out of the air.
Next stop was at Chippewa River Falls, an great falls visible from the bridge and also from a path through the woods. Almost missed this one, but Carolyn executed one of her famous turnarounds and got us back there!
We observed that the moose crossing signs have solar operated lights all of a sudden. Is that to help the moose find his way across the highway at night? These bi-lingual moose are so versatile.
The GPS sort of delivered us directly to our hotel in Sault Ste Marie—sent us to a side with no entrance into the parking lot, but we just went around the block and sorted that out. Got settled in and then went for a walk on the lake walk which is just a block from the hotel. Saw a tour boat emerging from the locks. Enjoyed the public art and being out in the sun along the river.
Found a restaurant right on the river (Docks Riverfront Grill) and had a very good dinner. Spent all our Canadian money at dinner tonight, so time to cross the border tomorrow! Although they're very flexible about it; in order to pay in cash, we had to mix in some American dollars.
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