We left home early as usual, 6:00 a.m., a bit foggy in places but not too bad. Because of the time of day it was still dark when we crossed the bridge at Little Current. Our first stop as always is at Tim Horton's in Espanola for coffee and beagles.
Along the north shore the fog was still heavy with a few light patches, however we were fortunate to get a few spots with the sun shining through making the fall colours gorgeous. Oh, what great memories this section of the trip brings back. Logan was born on Sept 28th, 19 short years ago and the colours that year were stunning! What a colourful show for the joyous welcoming of a special little person into this world.
Our next stop was in the Canadian Soo to purchase Kicking Horse coffee for Greg and Mary Lynn, I had no idea that there are at least 10 different types of coffee under their name, like Smart Ass, Kick Ass, Half Ass, Grizzly Claw, Hoooodo and the crazy name list goes on. Mary Lynn says it is definitely "Wake Me Up Coffee". The second purchase was Kraft Peanut Butter. Two items which should cause some suspicion going through security at the airport.
We crossed the bridge at the Soo at 10:25 - making good time considering we stopped in Espanola and the Soo for what seemed like short periods of time but they probably took close to an hour in total. About an hour later we stopped at Mackinaw City for lunch and then continued our way to Troy Michigan where we stopped to visit and spend the night with Shirley Hull.
Following are some pics taken during the day.
We stopped at a lookout just before the Mackinaw Bridge.
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Quite a nice little park and rest stop
Some of the area history
We crossed the famous Mackinaw bridge
and drove into Mackinaw city
to have lunch at our favourite stop - Dixie's Saloon
Some of the colour we saw on the way to Troy, a little less each mile we travelled South.
