Left Ottawa on Tuesday, drove thru North Bay, Sudbury & camped at Clear Lake campground near Iron Bridge, east of the Soo, right on a lake off of Lake Huron. Traffic light, roads good. Wed. we got thru the border into Michigan, travelling along the Upper Peninsula below Lake Superior. There are surprisingly beautiful beaches here, white sand too! Had a short hike for a break along a marsh trail. This route has a great road, no trucks & lots of small towns. Camped at a municipal park in Bruce Crossing, hot showers & bathrooms open. However, we didn't hear the weather forecast, a "lake effect snow storm". We woke up to several inches of snow & the water turned off! Snowed for several hours, plows out, but roads snow covered, went slow. We drove out of it, beautiful in Wisconsin & thru Minnisota. This is deer country, talk shows about culling the deer, hunters filling their ATV's with gas, trailers with coolers & gear, deer signs, deer food, deer hides buy & sell, & DEER - saw quite afew, most were alive & in the fields...
Got in touch with my Dad's 2nd cousin in Fargo, re my paternal Grandmothers' family & the research he has done. Diverted our route there to go & visit overnight. Dexter & I compared notes & we had dinner & breakfast with he & his wife.
Thursday we drove north thru N Dakota to Brandon. This brings back lots of memories of summer camping & visiting relatives, feels like Sask. Sugar beets have just been harvested for ethanol, lots of carrots & red beets for sale, rolling hills & flat land. The roads are straight & flat.
Had the best ever prime rib dinner at Albert's Restaurant in Brandon, with friends Brenda & Wes & young'uns Nelson & Alicia.
Congratulations Chantel for winning the Hallowe'en costume contest at work with "dress code violation" (all the items not allowed at work, ie flip flops, leggings, hoodies).!!
On our way to Moose Jaw then Alberta.