Canda: Day Three

When we went to bed last night, we had made a plan.  We would wake early, make hot coffee, jump in Lake Superior and then come back and enjoy the coffee as the foggy morning cleared.  Finally, we'd pack up and head back to America.

This is a panorama of what the lake looked like when we woke.  Slightly foggy, smooth as glass and very, very peaceful.

This is us, before we jumped in the lake.

This is us afterward!

It was so incredibly cold that when in dove in, I literally could not breathe.  Erica was ready to keep swimming, but I was immediately moving toward the shore.  I have always wondered how it felt when people did the polar plunge.  This wasn't even frozen, but it surely was cold.  I just checked the temperatures and it appears that the water temperature was in the low 50's.  Can't imagine the shock one's body must go into when falling into a frozen lake.

We started a tradition.  We want to take a photo of the teardrop at each of our campsites near some sort of sign.  Agawa Bay sure was a terrific place to have our first outing.  

We did a little shopping for souvenirs; sadly, we ended up finding our items in the duty free shop.

Welcome to the United States!  We entered on the fourth of July.  Thankfully, the border was not crowded. A short while after crossing the bridge we were at the crossing point.  The U.S. agent must having a very good day because our conversation went something like this: 

"...Is that a home made trailer?"

"No, I restored it.  It is a 1947."

"You two must get along pretty well to sleep in that thing."

"Yes sir, we do."

"Between the two of you, you have one correct passport."

"Excuse me?"

"Erica needs to sign hers, and Todd needs a new one.  It expired in February."

"Oh my goodness, I did not realize."

"Have a good day."

"Happy Fourth of July!"

With that, we were back to America.  Phew!

We made one significant purchase in Canada.  We purchased a EZ Up Shelter that came with the screens for all four sides.  We put it up yesterday evening to test it out while we are camping here at the island a couple of more days.  It went up quickly and simply.  The screens clipped on in minutes and we now have a 100 square foot addition to our teardrop.  We can put it next to the teardrop as you see here, or we could even put it over the teardrop to provide maximum protection.  I could imagine a really hot night where we left the doors open with the shelter/screens over the teardrop.  Hopefully we'll never have that yucky of a day to deal with, but now we have some alternatives.  As it is right now, the one side unzips to reveal an opening for the door.  We are thinking that the kids might end up sleeping in the screened portion.  We may add one or two 'privacy walls,' in the future.  This will truly extend our living space.  It was a good purchase.