Saturday, July 18, 2026

Day 40 - Saturday, July 18th - Cool and a little Smokey

It rained last more last night. The wind blew some, but nothing bad. The overnight low was 55. Today's high was a mostly cloudy, breezy 71. 

We didn't leave the campground today. Kathy had me get out our little table so that she could work on puzzles.


I did walk around the campground a little and gained some insights.

The nice "sidewalk" area I saw during yesterdays walk is actually a place for river cruise ship passengers to get on and off. Yesterdays photo was taken down where the furthest ship is docked.

Took the photo below as one of them went by the campground on its way downriver.

Immediately after the cruise ship passed the American Century came by going the other way. She is one of the thirteen "thousand footers" operating on the Great Lakes. She is actually 1,004' long. The cruise ship looks fairly big until you measure it against a laker. 


Somehow I didn't realize that the campground had a dock where campers could tie up boats, there is no launch. The red dock was here our first time here, in 2011. It has signs to Keep Off. It looks unsafe. The old broken piling have also always been here. I don't remember seeing the dock on the right side of the slip. There is a fishing boat tied up to it. As you look across to Canada you can see that it looks a little hazy. At times today we couldn't see the shore on the other side, because of the smoke, but for the most part is hasn't been bad. We sat outside for several hours.

Good noise. There are a bunch of preteen kids in several campgrounds. A lot of them know one another. They are having a great time and it is nice to hear them out  having fun.

Terrible noise. The must be a group of insane people having a huge party across the river, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The noise from their bands has been annoyingly loud most of the day, and still is at 9PM. 

PTL for the kids.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours. He has blessed me.


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