Gaylord, MI to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

This morning we broke camp and drove the RV’s over to the dump station to empty our holding tanks. Mike changed out the sediment filter before putting some water in the fresh water tank. While Mike was doing that, I drove the car to Johnson’s Propane to have our portable propane tank filled. I paid $2.49 a gallon for the propane plus a $7 labor fee (the first time we’ve been charged a fee for filling the tank).

Mike and I met Symphony and Al at Wal-Mart Supercenter and after hitching up the cars, we were on our way to Canada via I-75. It was 66 miles from Gaylord up to the Mackinac Bridge. We crossed the Mackinac Bridge about 11:30 a.m. and paid a toll of $10.00 ($3 car, $7 RV) at the toll booth at St. Ignace, MI. After crossing into St. Ignace we drove past Castle Rock which we had climbed June 15 when we went on the Mackinaw Trolley Tour.

From Entering Ontario

We stopped for gas at a Citgo station in Sault Ste. Marie, MI where we filled the tanks in the RV and car ($2.759 gallon) before crossing the border into Ontario. We were charged a $10 toll to cross the International Bridge.  The border between the U.S. and Canada is halfway across the International Bridge where I-75 becomes Hwy 17B. Once we crossed into Ontario we had about a 15 minute wait before going through Canadian Customs.

From Entering Ontario

After answering the usual questions regarding the purpose of our trip into Canada, we were on our way. There was currency exchange office just past Customs and we stopped there to change some U.S. currency into Canadian. The exchange rate was $1 U.S. to $1.10 Canadian. Then we stopped at the Ontario Travel Information Centre to pick up brochures. They also had a currency exchange service there. Mike checked on the exchange rate there and we would have been better off getting our Canadian money there. Oh well, live and learn!

We arrived at Glenview Cottages and Campground  about 4:30 this afternoon - 130 miles from Gaylord, MI. We are in site #58 which is a pull-through and we have electric (30 amp) and water. Al and Symphony are next to us in site 59. We will be here for 3 days and are paying $31.19 Canadian Dollar (CAD) a day - $27.18 US Dollar. We have wifi in the campground, but we'll will have to go up to the office/common room.

From Sault Ste Marie