Wednesday was another slower start to a drive day. We weren’t in a huge hurry to get going, but did breakfast and started packing up to leave our campsite at Fort Wilkens State Park in Copper Harbor, MI.
I didn’t pre-prep anything for lunch and so we all ended up having a snacky/packaged snack foods lunch (this happens occasionally on our adventure trips, but we try to not do this often). I had one of my new favorite BOBO’s PB&J bars, an apple, and some pumpkin seeds. The boys had both had granola/meal bars, apple/apple sauce squeezie, and Gardettos.
Randomly, we found a nice pull-off spot with sand on Lake Superior and used the camper’s bathroom and took a short break to walk around on the sand for a bit to stretch our legs.
We absolutely love having the camper behind us with a bathroom and a kitchen stocked with food. It makes long travel days so much easier as DJ said the vault bathroom at this pull-off spot was pretty ripe smelling.
And obviously no complaints about putting our toes in the sand quick!
We also pulled over at the last rest stop before crossing the border. We all used the bathroom, cleaned up the inside of the truck a bit, and headed to Canada.
Having never land-crossed a boarder (besides a marching band trip in high school on a charter bus), we didn’t fully know what to expect. We all have passports and Amelia has a passport card as it will get her anywhere by land or boat. We aren’t expecting her to fly internationally anytime in the near future.
The bridge we crossed was a toll bridge.
Welcome to Canada. BTW- DJ’s Google Maps navigation speed limit switched to kilometers/hour once we crossed the international line.
Getting into Canada wasn’t a very involved process. DJ handed over our passports. The boarder patrol asked a couple questions like:
Where we were going.
How long were we staying.
Where did we come from.
What our truck’s license plate is.
Did we have any firearms, weapons, alcohol, etc… with.
Once thru the boarder, we headed to our campsite at the KOA on the north end of Sault Ste Marie. We got camp set up quickly and had round 2 of frozen leftover black eye pea soup, except this time I mixed in our leftover rice for the starch. We had it with triscuits and hummus. Quick yummy meal.
I opted to eat my dinner inside the camper on the floor while the boys ate at the picnic table. The ground outside was a bit wet and muddy, so we didn’t need Amelia getting too sassy and dirty while we ate.
After dinner we decided we needed to have another campfire. I walked down to the camp store with my $20 US dollar in hand, forgetting that I was in Canada (this happened again later).
They let me pay with US cash and gave me Canadian dollars back for my change.
We had a nice campfire after Amelia was asleep. We don’t tend to have fires while she is awake as she isn’t aware of the danger and it probably wouldn’t end well. She can really throw her 70 lbs of weight around these days and it’s not worth the risk.
It’s also fun to have the campfires with just Jackson and not struggling with Amelia. Something kinda special and reserved for him.
We enjoyed the low, dug-in fire pit at this site verses the raised one we had in Michigan. Our low-to-the-ground “couch” camping chair works better with this lower fire pit.
Canada, eh?
Adventuring with Amelia 