The Soo

I've arrived in Sault Saint Marie, which everyone calls "The Soo" or something like that. It was a very smooth and calm trip over from Thunder Bay -- Pete seems to get all the bumpy legs! I had a fairly significant tailwind most of the time, about 15 knots, and made good time.
I ended up not stopping in Marathon, because despite all my planning I forgot to call ahead and give notice (PNR) to the airport operator (I was having a nice chat with the flight specialist about the weather when I was filing my flight plan and I forgot after that). So I stopped in Wawa instead - another 50NM to a nice easy strip and the operator was very friendly. Gas was (only) $1.55 which makes it in the middle of the prices we've been paying. But the guy got every millilitre of gas in there he could, which I can load now that Pete isn't affecting our gross weight.

Enroute the weather was very hazy until I got towards Wawa. There are some spectacular beaches on the shore of Lake Superior between Wawa and SaultSteMarie.

The airport at Sault is quite a ways out of town, and the weather and winds are still really nice, so after a break I'm thinking of going to fly another 200 NM to North Bay and stay there for the night. I talked to a pilot who was doing fire patrol out that direction and he said it was an easy flight from here.

That should put me within flying distance of Quebec City tomorrow maybe.