Friday was a blast with all the old cars. Over 900 entries in St Ignace's 47th annual car show, a local event that everyone looks forward to and we see why. Saturday we headed farther north for another local event.
Saturday we participated in the Sault Ste Marie International Bridge walk. This was the return of an annual event that had been cancelled since 2020 due to the Covid epidemic. People were excited to have it back. Representatives of both Sault Ste Maries, Michigan and Canada, were there to welcome back the event as well as all the supporters and participants. After a few speeches the crowd of at least 500 set off to walk accross the bridge that was closed for the event. Overviews of the Soo Locks and a warm welcome by Canadian officials and we were international travelers again. Water and snacks were provides and buses were available to drive everyone back to the U.S.
Having spent time in south Texas and now in the U.P. of Michigan we can say that we have walked from Mexico to the U.S and from the U.S. to Canada...... just not in one trek.
Once again customs in Canada was a simple I.D. check and "welcome to Canada" while the return through U.S. was just short of a cavity search. I understand post 9-11 cautions but these were buses designated for bridge-walk participants. "Why are you in Canada?", "where are you from?" ( my license is in your hand!), "where did you work?", and "you're done,"! No thank you or welcome back. U.S. customs agents need to get personality lessons from our much friendlier Candian neighbors that man the customs check points headed north.
So having retuned from our world travels (wink, wink) I will sign off from our home in St Ignace because.....
Home is where we park it,
Frank and Mary
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