10/4 from Montreal

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. We have been in fairly unpopulated parts of Canada the last few days with little internet service. Our last blog we were in Thunder Bay. On Sept 29th we drove to Sault (said Sue) Ste. Marie. The fall leaves were incredibly beautiful. It is impossible to describe the colors. I've seen pictures but pictures do not do the scenary credit. There is every shade of green, yellow, orange and red. On Wednesday we went down to the locks between lake Superior and Heron. Canada has no commerical locks (USA has 4 commerical locks between the lakes though). We then went to a Bush pilot museum. These planes were unbelievable. They were and are used to fight forest fires and fly people in to remote areas, landing on lakes. They can actually fly over the surface of the water and pick up water to then deliver to fires. After that , we went to an Italian restaurant with some friends we met in Charlotte last year (at a NASCAR race) - Bob and Carol McDowells. We hit it off last year immediate. The are Christians and Bob is into cars and Carol is a Nurse Practioner AND they are Earnhart fans - so we hit it off. On Friday we rode the Agawa Canyon train up the Canyon for 4 hours (mainly for the scenary) and then back. After we got back, we went to Bob and Carol's for dinner. They are true NASCAR Earnhard fans as their house is fully NASCAR decorated. On Saturday we drove to the little town of Mattawa, Ontario about the size of McCall or smaller. There were only 4 churches so we ended up at a Pentacostal church on Sunday. Today we drove to Montreal and will be here a couple of days. More on Montreal tomorrow.