June 26 Michegan, Wisconsin

Heading into the USA for another few days travel.

But before we leave: Ontario’s second oldest stone building west of Toronto, The stone building was built in 1819 with a wood addition added in 1894, beauty would be in the eye of the beholder, really that is all one can sayIMG_6608.jpg

The International Sault St Marie bridge is the only land crossing available for 700 miles!  A little disconcerting to see such a swayback in a bridge, but the highway trucks use it so it must be safe. IMG_6612.jpgApparently it makes the top 10 for busiest crossings between Canada and USA. We crossed fairly early in the morning, not knowing it was a busy crossing.  Certainly we did not wait as long as we did coming into Niagara Falls; hardly fair to compare a morning crossing with an afternoon crossing.  Over the bridge to chat with the USA border staff and then pay the toll for the bridge.  Glad the toll takes both Canadian and American money!

Found a place to stop and check out Lake Michigan the last Great Lake on our list to sink our hands into the waters.  The bay we found had much much warmer water than any of the other lakes.  I believe the flowering plant is a rhododendron, gorgeous little bush on the beach.IMG_6620.jpg

Stopped a little later for lunch, found a neat place eat, but a bunch of workers were busy with a concrete truck close by,  so we found a quieter location beside the playground.IMG_6624.jpg

We drove through a lot of tree lined highways again today.  Finally popped out into some farmland, as we entered Wisconsin with its multitude of dairies. I had read of the tradition to paint a favourite patchwork quilt square on barns. Many are on the older traditional barns, it was neat to see on some modern barns too. This pic is the only one that wasn’t blurry. IMG_6633.jpgRegular highways are 65mph here, freeways 75mph.  We even saw a state trooper give a bicyclist a ticket for being on the freeway, they have to use the slower highways, no direct routes for them.

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