Mists and Mysteries

Before I move on to today, I thought I would add a bit more about yesterday's very long drive, I didn't have much time this morning! It was really interesting after dark, there was quite a mist in the low-lying areas. It was bordering on the Silent Hill effect at times....very eerie!!

Well, today was an interesting day, we decided to sleep in and make it an easy day after yesterday. And then, we hadn't even left the hotel when we decided to do a 100-mile detour to The Mystery Spot. It was interesting, some very creative of optical illusions - you can find more information here - http://www.mysteryspotstignace.com/ It also took us by the Straits of Makinac & the Makinac bridge, which was an impressive sight!

Then, coming across into Canada in Sault Ste Marie was quite neat, you have to cross a toll bridge (oh, someone was thinking about a guaranteed way to raise funds) to get to the border crossing. And what a fantastic bridge! I am really glad we were headed back into Canada, though, because the lane heading into the States was very long and moving very, very slowly! I am also quite surprised at the state of our TransCanada highway here in Ontario, it is mostly a two-lane, with unpaved shoulders.....even the state highways were in better condition...sigh!

Almost lost Jessica at some random gas station here, there was a really cute guy helping us - took her forever to make her way back to the van ;-) We are in North Bay for the night, and not terribly impressed with the Super 8 that we are in - a very new building, but the light broke off in my hand when I moved it (I didn't do anything, honest)! Oh well, it is just one night, and we will spend most of it on the laptops, lol! Tomorrow we will be making our way to Ottawa and the Parliament buildings, then we will see how far we can make it from there!

All in all, the first 2 days have gone well, we have a ton of pictures (not as many today because my camera batteries died & we didn't get a chance to replace them right away). We are looking forward to our sightseeing beginning in earnest now, we will be busy every day. From Ottawa, we are heading by Montreal to Quebec City, and from there, it will be almost nonstop - Bangor, Providence, Salem, Boston, Philadelphia, Centralia......and a chance for us to dip our toes in the Atlantic Ocean. We have been to the Pacific, although according to the kids that one doesn't count because they were too young to remember it (but I think I have the pictures to prove it somewhere)!