July 17, 2017

Last night I went out to check if the Northern Lights were out.  They were not, but the stars were.  It was fabulous.  The Big Dipper 

was so close it looked like it had just been in the water to fill up.  hopefully it won't spill out on us.  We are hoping today is our lucky day.  We have a full house,  three 7's, and two 1's, and two 0's, and the sky was red and that means sailors take warning (no wind).  We took off and headed to the USA.  There was no wind, no rain, and the sun was shinning.  We went 92 nautical miles and made it all the way to Sault St. Marie, Michigan.  We are officially back in the USA.  Today was the first day since we entered Canada that we

had sunshine all day long, 3 weeks, and now we are leaving.  It is

This house and yard were covered with seagulls

Calm waters all day

Clouds pointing the way to the USA

amazing how much sunshine can brighten up everything around you.  I sure hope it continues to shine. Tomorrow we are going to spend a day here and then go through the one lock that takes us to Lake Superior and then right back out.  That way we can claim we were in the lake.  Lake Michigan will be our next stop or stops.

Retiring the Canadian Flag