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| Lake Superior |
Another gorgeous day to be on the road. We always enjoy this drive, especially with weather like we've had.
It was another peaceful night at the SSM Walmart. It's a popular spot. This morning I counted 29 camper outfits there, 30 if you count the guy sleeping in his car:
After a token breakfast we were ready to head out early today. However, not to be. Yesterday we had a couple of red warnings that the oil level is too high in the van engine, and we need to remove some oil real soon.
After doing some Internet research this morning, I contacted our Kitchener Sprinter dealer service dept. Automated message "all are busy, will call me back later". Long before he did, we located an oil change shop nearby, and drove there soon after they opened at 8am.
Two very helpful guys working there this morning. We agreed the best thing would be to drain a litre or so of the oil into a clean container, and see what the level was then. We could see it was high on the dipstick, but hard to tell how high. The electronic measure just said "High" but not how high.
So we drained a litre, and now the oil was low. After adding back 1/2 litre I used the electronic check for oil level, and it was happy now. I keep a litre in the van and will top up if needed. So off we went. When I asked how much we owed him, he said a smile and a handshake. Very good price!
The place is Victory Lube, 142 Great Northern Road in Sault Ste Marie, if you ever need oil in the area.
When the dealer service called back later I told him the story, and he agreed it sounded like we did the right thing. Whew!
Heading north we spotted a sign advertising fresh apple fritters. After the light breakfast and van stress, we felt we deserved a treat. One was enough for both of us:
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| Looks like a beef roast, but was a fritter. |
Still more construction today. Tis the season, and the improvement to the roads on this route from many years ago is amazing. No free lunch though, thus construction. It was easily and quickly navigated today:
Then more of the lake views that are both familiar and yet different every trip:
We stopped at Agawa Rocks Pictographs, a spot we've never visited. There's a short 400 metre trail to some scenic wonders. We didn't get too far though, before we decided it was too rugged for us these days:
The pictures of the worse parts didn't turn out, and things never look as steep in the pictures as in real life. Here's a pic of what awaited at the shore:
On the way in to Sault Ste Marie yesterday we stopped at another Petro Canada and filled up at $1.97.9. This morning we saw several diesel prices posted on our way out of town, anywhere from $2.19.9 to as much as $2.53.9! Glad we filled up when and where we did.
There's long stretches in this part of the world with no services, so we decided to top up our fuel again when we reached Wawa. There are gas stations outside town right on the bypass, but I wanted to check the diesel prices. The Esso on the highway didn't even display their diesel price, but their gas price was quite high. The Petro Canada in town was only $1.99.9. Good price for right now.
We had thought we would be there too early in the day to camp at Penn Lake Park, a municipal campground in Marathon Ont. We had camped there a few years ago, and enjoyed it. What with one thing and another it was about 3 pm when we got there, and we both felt like that was far enough for today. A nice site in their unserviced tenting area worked for us:
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| Seagulls enjoying that large rock across the way |
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