Nathalie's Traveling Adventures: From "the Soo" to Appleton Wisconsin

Remi going to Walmart.

Our first stop of the day, believe it or not, was Walmart! We brought a few movies and episodes to watch as we wind down in the evenings... Of course, we were missing a wire, and as we were walking through the Walmart, Remi remembered he also forgot a towel. After our Walmart excursion, off we went to continue the adventure.

When you cross into the States from Sault Ste Marie, you cross over a gigantic bridge. It's 3.2 km long. You pay $5.10 Canadian or $4 American to enter the USA. Pretty uneventful deal - usual questions: where are you going, what for and do you have anything to declare. Lastly, are you vaccinated. Malta, Montana, pick up our child, no and yes.

The waves were quite large!
You wouldn't want to fall in!

Our picture with the lighthouse.

Let's say that Michigan isn't very scenic. At least not the road we took. Michigan is just as boring as going to Hearst. Trees, trees and more trees. We thought that following along the lake would mean we would actually see the lake... WRONG! we saw it a few times but nothing like what we expected. Oh well. We did stop in Manistique. There was a boardwalk sand dunes on what side, beach on the other. The boardwalk led us to a red lighthouse. The waves here were something else! I couldn't even look on one side of the walkway as I felt so nauseous from the movement of the water. It brought me back to whale watching and feeling ill the whole time! Near the lighthouse, the big waves hit the rocks and splashed over the breakwater. It was a beautiful stop - about 1.3 km walk just enough to stretch our legs a little.

Walking the trails.

We continued on to Appleton, Wisconsin - our destination for the night. We didn't realize we would be turning our clocks back an hour already so we arrived a little early. We checked to see what was around and we found a nice nature conservation area called Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve. What a gem! Here you can find nicely maintained trails - some forested, some fields, around ponds, along a creek - a nice variety. We walked for 5km, taking lots of pictures of flowers, birds and insects to add to iNaturalist.

We had dinner at Perkins - let's just say we won't be eating there again. Not my cup of tea.

Indigo bunting

First bird we saw today: sandhill crane - in the middle of the road at the border crossing

Other birds: chickadee, wild turkey, quail, eastern blue bird, white breasted nuthatch, downy woodpecker, indigo bunting, mourning dove, waxwing, common yellowthroat, peewee, song sparrow