Today was what I refer to as a travel day, which is a day when we move from one base camp to another. With that said, George picked up a pamphlet in Munising, MI advertising a cruise through the Soo Locks. Supposed to be famous, although we had never heard of them. Since our travel day was just a short hop, I suggested we take the cruise today on the way to Mackinaw City. George was able to check out the parking situation via Google Earth which loaded one pixel at a time it seemed. There was ample parking at both docks. We arrived at the dock just in the nick of time for the 10:00 cruise. The Soo Lock connects Lake Superior with Lake Huron. One side is Canada and the other is Michigan. This cruise we were able to get seats on the upper deck right near the railing on the Port side. Of course in order to see anything George and I migrated to the bow. It took a lot longer to go North then South. North they had to fill the lock with water, which took about 20 minutes whereas going South the water drained out very fast. It really is an ingenious idea. From there we drove over the famous Mackinaw Bridge. I don't know what I was expecting but it was just painted that industrial green color, nothing fancy. It wasn't as scary as several other bridges we have been on. George claims he saw a giant hotdog on a roof as we were coming off the bridge. When we arrived at the campground and they gave us a map of the site, we got lost in the campground. Their map wasn't very good to say the least. Funny thing is George likes to sit outside and I am fine doing it as long as there are no flying insects buzzing in my ears. The Internet access in the upper peninsula of Michigan has been bad due to limited phone towers. So now that we are under the bridge as the Yoopers say for those south of the Mackinaw Bridge. The Internet access is still poor at the campground. I'm writing this post in the hopes to be able to post it tomorrow while waiting at the terminal for the Mackinaw Island Ferry.
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