Take a left on Highway 449

I didn’t get an early start this morning after my social evening. My original plan was to see the Bush Plane Museum in Sault St Marie Canada today. But my friend Ram said I needed to see the Kitch-ito-kipi which is a clear sulfur spring that the Ojibway discovered and John Bellaire saved It and preserved it was a park.

It was off the beaten path and I had to laugh when the gps said, “Take a left on Highway 449,” which was a dirt road. I felt like I made a big circle to get to the park. But how beautiful was this poop that stays around 40 degrees Fahrenheit all year. It never freezes in the winter.

When John Bellire became aware of it, a logging camp had used it for a dump. He cleaned it up and made sure the land was protected for future generations to marvel at ia beauty.

As I pulled out of the park, I realized I had no gpa connection. I pulled out a paper map that did not have the necessary detail, but I made a decision to proceed east at my first opportunity. It’s kinda of an adventure to not have google maps telling you what to do!

Eventually, the gps re-engaged and I was headed to Sault St Marie, MI to get gas before I crossed the border. I was a bit concerned how the crossing would go, but border control asked a few straightforward questions and I was good to go.

The weather was a perfectly blue sky and 75 degrees. I found a parking spot in the shade to keep Buddha cool while I explored the bush plane museum. What a cool place!

First, I watched a short film about how the forest fires Get fought from the air. The lead in. Bird dog plane assesses thw situation and the tells the fire fighting pilots where to drop a water bomb. The plane is a specialized C-215 that swoops down ona lake to suck up water into its tanks and the drops the bomb. In this manner one plane can make 100s of drops a day I think it said each water capture weighed 60 tons.

The plane is quite large. The landing gear comes out of the side and the tanks have an overflow so the pilots know when they are full and can pull up.

The museum has other planes include the replication Freedom plane used in film Amelia, a small Taylorcraft that was recovers several years

after it crashed and was rebuilt, a SeaBee firefighter and more.

It was almost 4pm and I hadn’t really had lunch and it was time for Buddhas dinner! I took hr for a walk along the St Mary riverfront and we were treated to the sight of a laker coming into the locks. Indécises to take my left over pizza from last night and watch the shop for awhile. The whole lock process takes over and hour and I needed to get on the road to Sudbury which was a little over three hours yet to go.

I arrived in Sudbury a little after 20:00 hours. It is not the gem of Ontario. It looks like there is a homeless encampment by the hotel and otherwise, it’s very industrial. I elected to go the restaurant in the hotel where I once again had Indian food, but this time I was able to get a Dal which is South Indian. Yum! I also ordered a martinit. I’m not sure exactly what it was—mango?—but it was good.

Tomorrow have 4.5 hours of driving planned to reach Apsley, Ontario where I will meet up with former co-worker Julia Smith at her cottage. We never actually met in person before we both retired. She and I worked on Success plays which eventually became part of the ServiceNow Impact

Offerings.

Trying to turn in for the night, but I coffeed up before leaving Sault St Marie and the caffeine is till with me.