Hi again,
On September 5, we left on a road trip with Charlie to drive the Lake
Superior Circle Tour, which is a 1,300-mile self-guided tour around the world's largest freshwater lake.
Our first stop was Duluth, MN.
We brought our new Letric bikes, so we stopped outside of Canal Park to
unload them.
Little did we know, we were
setting ourselves up for a pickpocketing experience.
Here’s the story….
We unloaded our bikes and I
threw my purse with my phone in the outside pocket in the basket of my
bike. I went back to truck to get
Charlie in his backpack. Corp was
outside of truck still getting things ready. A guy walked up to him and asked if he had an extra shirt. The guy was very distinctive looking. He was very disheveled, with no shirt or shoes, shorts
held up with rope, holding a can of white spray paint, and his feet were
sprayed painted white. He was standing by
bikes and asked if we liked them. Corp said yes and he walked away. We were ready to go biking
and Corp asked if I had my phone because I always forget or lose it. I noticed it was not in the outside pocket of
my purse and thought I must have left it in the truck. We ripped the truck apart. Not in the truck. We are very convinced he took it when we were
distracted. We tried finding it on “Find
My Phone” app. On the app, we saw It move to a different location a
few blocks away, so we turned on the sound and lost mode settings. Then phone went offline. We went to two different public safety/police
dept locations. Both with locked
doors…absolutely no help. We called a non-emergency
number and recording told us to call 911 for all incidents. It felt weird to call 911 for a stolen phone,
but that is what we were instructed to do. Duluth police officer called us back and was very helpful. He suspected the thief turned it off when the sound
started going off. So, no phone, forever
gone. We have never really liked Duluth,
but now we really don’t like it. We were
happy to leave it in our rearview mirror. Lessons learned….don’t always leave phone muted and never leave purse unattended.
On September 6, we started the day by stopping in Beaver
Bay.
It had been a long time since we
have seen a great waterfall.
Beaver
Falls was right next to the highway and didn’t disappoint. Next, we stopped at Black Beach. Beach had black sand. It was pretty, but nothing special.
Got some fun pics on the cliffs.
Took Charlie for a walk out to the lighthouse
in Grand Marais.
Next stop, Devil’s
Kettle waterfall. It was a two mile in
and out walk. Now this was a waterfall;
two waterfalls next to each other.
The
one waterfall didn’t have an out. Scientists are still trying to figure out where the water comes out. It was weird seeing the fog off the lake with
clear blue sky above. We crossed the
border in Pigeon River. Border crossing
took less than 5 minutes. All we had to
show was passports and covid vaccination documentation. Border agent didn’t even ask about Charlie. Stayed in Thunderbay, Ontario for the
night. Felt like a dirty
transient town.
We quickly discovered that most restaurants
close at 6:30 p.m. Yikes! We found Mr Subs and they were great. Not only were the subs tasty, they came out
and got my order because I was outside with Charlie and they brought a table
and chairs outside for us to enjoy our subs. Great customer service for sure!
On September 7, we left Thunder Bay, but stopped at the “must go to” place Tim
Horton’s.
Iced coffee, apple fritter,
and all fruit muffin were yummy. The
funny thing is we had a Tim Horton’s in our hometown in St. Cloud, but never
went there before it went out of business.
Lots and lots of motels along the way.
Beautiful nature between the trees, hills, and lake.
We were surprised that it was harder to find
hotels than we thought it would be.
Visited Schreiber, only because our friend Scott has the same last
name. Only place Corp actually touched the super cold water.
Made it to Wawa, Ontario. Took our bikes out to check out the town. Tried poutine for the first time….fresh cut fries and fresh
cheese curds covered with brown gravy.
Not too bad. Probably wouldn’t get it
again, but happy we tried the Canadian must have.
On September 8 we were off to Sault St. Marie and Marquette,
MI. On the way we stopped at the Medium
Silver Falls right outside of Wawa. I just can’t get enough waterfalls.
They are so
beautiful!
We had the best lunch stop…a scenic overlook at Lake
Superior. I picked a few wildflowers to being with us.
Stopped at Bachawana Beach to take Charlie for a walk.
Super long sandy beach. We even saw people out in the water. We crossed the border back into the U.S. in Ste. St. Marie with no issues, except finding the border
crossing was tricky. They could
use a lot more signage to get you in the right place. $4 to cross the bridge. We didn’t have to pay anything when crossing
into Canada at Pigeon River crossing.
Downtown Sault Ste. Marie on the U.S. was a cute quaint
downtown on the water.
Ice cream at Zac
and Mac’s was yummy….creamy salty caramel.
The truffles were awesome too.
On the way to Marquette, we heard Queen Elizabeth II died at
96. She reigned over the U.K. for over
70 years. I found it ironic that we were in a country where she
reigned in some sort of way when she died.
Marquette, MI, was a great surprise.
They had a great historic downtown on the
lakeshore. We took our bikes out and
biked along the lakeshore for a few miles.
I would like
to spend more time there.
On September 9, we left Marquette and started the last leg
of our Lake Superior Circle Tour.
We
were getting ready to check out of our hotel room and we discovered we were
locked in and had to call the front desk to get out of our room. Then the towel bar mysteriously fell off the
wall. We were happy to leave that place.
It was rainy and windy, so we decided to drive all the way back to St.
Cloud.
We did not exchange any U.S. money for Canadian money.
We were surprised to see a lot more leaves were turning in Wisconsin than in Canada.
Well, that's it for this chapter!
Stay tuned for Chapter 16...Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Alburquerque, NM.
Corp (Crabby) and Tammy (Chipper) of Crabby and Chipper Travels
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