We awoke on Day 2 to a chilly day.  It had rained overnight and the temperature had dropped.  It went below freezing.  No problem.  We were prepared.

That’s ice on my car

We had breakfast and said goodbye to Aunt Ceal and Cousin Nancy.  We headed east on M-28 for Sault Ste Marie and the famous Soo Locks.  It takes a little over an hour to make the detour and see the locks.  It would be a first for both of us, so we were ready to go.

Rain and sun made the drive interesting

Once again we had dramatic skies to view as we headed east toward the Soo.  Actually it wasn’t much fun driving into the sun on roads wet with falling rain.

Much of the way, we felt like we had the road to ourselves.  It took about an hour and a half to arrive at Sault Ste Marie.  In town, there are a lot of detours to route traffic around road construction and maintenance projects.  Nevertheless, we had no trouble finding our destination.

Soo Locks Boat Tours

A few minutes later, I had purchased tickets for the two-hour tour aboard the Nokomis.  We arrived in good time and soon joined the crowd waiting to board.

About twenty minutes later, they did call boarding, and we walked out to the Nokomis.

The Nokomis tour boat

It was still raining lightly, so we found seats on the lower level.  That way we could see, but be protected from the rain and the stiff breeze.

It didn’t take long to load our vessel.  The mooring lines were secured and we were ready to depart.

This woman runs the company docks

This was going to be fun.  Even if it did rain, we were going to enjoy it.  And we did.  I’ll tell you more next week.