Tuesday, Wednesday August 28 and 29, 2012

The last two days we have spent sightseeing at Sault St Marie.  Believe it or not there is enough to do for two days here at the Soo.  Yesterday we did a tour of some historic homes and listened to a short concert in one of these homes.  The performers were two former teachers who now write and perform songs about the area and history of the area.  The main character of these performances is John Johnston and his wife Susan who is a Native American and he is an Irishman.  He started a fur trading business here in the late 1700s.  Liesl became enthralled with him and his wife after listening to the  cd  we bought.   We also toured the Valley Camp which is a freighter restored as a museum.  It was loaded with great lakes artifacts from several freighters and included history of the great lakes and the freighters which pass through the region.  Our next stop was the Tower of history which gives us a wonderful overlook of the locks and the city.  The river of history museum was also on our agenda and we found that to be a very well thought out and presented museum of the area.  We walked through the park along the Soo locks and enjoyed the garden and fountain in that park.   We have eaten at several good restaurants in the area including Franks where we had the buffet and also bought frozen pasties for later consumption.  We also ate two meals at the captain’s lounge in the Ramada Ojibway hotel.  This evening we took a ghost walk through Sault St Marie which included local history and a few ghost stories along the way.  We set sail tomorrow for Mackinaw.