Pike's Awesome Journey Across America

 We are heading home early from our trip. Sean wasn't able to get back in rehab & is in extreme pain. He's pretty helpless at home. As it is we won't be home till Wednesday. We may be able to take him to Las Vegas Vets & get him some help. He has no home Healthcare,  just physical therapy. My friends have been stretched to the limit & if he goes back in rehab we need to take care of the cat. Monday night I looked at the map & we were in the perfect place to jump from Canada to the US going down the western side of Lake Superior to Duluth which is what I planned to do later in the trip anyway. We are going to spend a night in Wisconsin, Minnesota & North Dakota which will accomplish having been to all 50 states. We still have two Provinces in mid Canada but maybe later we can take the train. We have been out 11 weeks so that is quite awhile!! We will still be hitting some of the spots we planned so I still have a couple of more blogs in me. Canada was get...

 Sunday 5th.  We left the Ranger Bay campground & drove to Sudbury for church. Another very small ward & very welcoming. We are heading up to Sault St. Marie area. We followed the east coast of Lake Huron. I believe after Lake Superior I have seen all 5 Great Lakes. We camped south of Sault St. Marie in Echo Bay. Nothing exciting but the mosquitos & No See Ums were out in force! Monday June 5th Sault has a big Canal. It is on Lake Superior. We got to Canal Park & the rain was pouring down hard. We would have been soaked. Sorry, no Canal pics. We set out to see Crystal Falls & Minnehaha Falls. The rain had stopped but after driving on the forest road that both falls were on, Steve didn't want to pull that trailer through the massive mud puddle. As we turned around, it started to rain again anyway. Out of our whole 2 months this is about the only time rain has kept us from doing something! Who needs canals & waterfalls when you can have Wawa Goose & W...

 June 3rd Friday This was the day we were going to see Niagara Falls from the Canadian side. We crossed the Rainbow International Bridge & then went to Falls Park. I must apologize about the pics. The mist was so heavy, & the sun was so bright I couldn't see how the pics were. Then on top of that my auto wide lens & auto telephoto haven't been working since I last dropped my phone. I can only widen it with my fingers & then shoot.  I had dumped my fresh food before the border crossing, so it was on to Walmart to resupply. We camped at Chippewa Creek Conservation Area.  Saturday June 4th I woke up & tried to use my phone to call Sean in the hospital. He went back because the pain is so intense. My phone didn't work. My google maps didn't work. I had to navigate us using the little blue dot on the map! It took us two hours, an hour longer than I thought to get out to Brantford. I was so frustrated by the time we finally found a phone store. The lady hi...