Tuesday, July 18, 2017

July 18, 2017

Today we went through 2 more locks.  These were locks at Sault
Ste. Marie.  One was in Canada and the other in Michigan.  The 
Canadian lock was just like all the locks on the Trent-Severn, and
we went through with a sightseeing boat.  After the lock we went out into Lake Superior to say that we took our boat into the lake.
We saw Whitefish Bay like in the song Edmonds Fitzgerald.  When
we got to that bay the land disappeared on three sides.  The lake is huge.  I can see why big ships get in trouble on that lake and I am 
glad we didn't go out any further.  When we came in we went to
the US side.  That is the commercial side and was it ever busy.  We
Canadian side
There are 3 freighters in the channel
and 1 just out of sight
Michigan side, known for the commercial
traffic
saw 4 extra large freighters within the time it took to leave the Canadian lock and the river, less than a half a mile.  I really got nervous and it was all for nothing really.  The ride was very smooth and slow. These 2 locks put through about 10,000 vessels a year.  The Michigan side works 24/7/365.
Lake Superior
We now have 
gone through about 80 locks.  You think I would relax a little, but they still give me the willies. 
 So tonight we are back in Sault Ste. Marie, and tomorrow we head South.

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