The trip from Detroit to the Canadian check-in at Sarnia and the trip to Goderich, ON has been wonderful. Winds have been low, the water has been flat and it's been cool. PTL!!!
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| Calm seas and blue water! |
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| Canadian customs check-in was by phone. Wow. |
Our slip in Sarnia, ON was right up next to the office and the Canadian land line customs check-in. Before beginning our trip, we had filed a variety of Canadian customs forms so the actual check-in took about 10 minutes on the phone.
By the time we tied up and checked in to Canadian Customs, it was after 5:00 so we relaxed on Samba's upper deck. For dinner, we fired up our new grill for the first time with some pork chops. Woo hoo!
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| Scallops on Lake Huron |
The 50 mile trip on Lake Huron on Thursday was lovely and calm. We only saw 1 fishing boat and 1 freighter all day. Still cool and pretty foggy & hazy.
We tied up Thursday afternoon in Goderich, Ontario, THE salt capital of the Great Lakes. The mine is right behind our boat and goes 1/4 mile below the lake and 3 miles out under it!
Although it was after 5:00 before we filled up with fuel & tied up, we got our bikes down and headed into town which is located up a rather steep hill with an ugly switchback. We ended up walking the bikes up the hill. Argghhh.
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| Irish Pub dinner. Note the bikes. |
We found out there was a concert (in French) at the town center that night so we decided to have dinner at a little Irish Pub to wait on the concert to start. It would have been too far to try to go back to the boat and then return.
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| A surprise French concert. |
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| A salt block monument |
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| Samba's slip across from the salt mine |
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| Hoisting our folding bikes to the top deck |
By the time we tied up and checked in to Canadian Customs, it was after 5:00 so we relaxed on Samba's upper deck. For dinner, we fired up our new grill for the first time with some pork chops. Woo hoo!
