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Day 29 Mon
7/14
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White River |
Sault Ste. Marie |
2pm |
5:45 |
26,413 |
26,618 |
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Looked like rain as we
departed but we managed to stay on the dry side of the front all day.
It was on the warm side but cooled down when we got near the big bodies
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| I worked till
2am and let Haley stay up till 1am so she could sleep through most
of my work time in the morning. It worked; she slept through all but
about 30 minutes of my phone time and got ready while I finished up
my email time. I worked from around 8am till 1:30pm today then packed
so we could avoid a second day’s room fee. Today was planned
as a short day knowing I had to work in the am. The view was the same
corridor-like tree lined high-speed winding roads most of the way.
The drag is that we have traveled hundreds of miles along the Lake
Superior coastline and I expected to see lots of beautiful shoreline
and interesting scenery. In the western USA and Canada they tend to
build the roads along the coast and that was my expectation here.
I guess that’s what I get for having expectations. You see,
they decided to put the roads on this lake several hundred feet from
the shores and that distance was densely covered with trees virtually
the entire distance. If I have traveled 3 hundred miles near the shore
I have only seen maybe 5 miles of it and a dozen or two miniature
lakes. We knocked out a couple of hundred miles and landed in a large
town, 75,000 people, named Sault Ste. Marie. We heard rumor of a water
slide hotel and went to hunt it down upon arrival. Not a hard task
considering it had a 5 ½ story spiraling water slide sticking
out of its roof. We checked in and discovered it had lots more to
offer. Bowling, arcade, indoor miniature golf, two pools, hot tub,
sauna, Internet café, free broadband internet connections in
the room and free meals for kids. All this for a about $95 US per
day and only $69 with my discount. Haley played while I did laundry
and made our reservations for the next few days as we approach the
weekend that I am traveling back to California for a 3-day business
trip. Now I am trying to get last weeks pictures ready for the site
so we can get it updated Wednesday. |
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