The Soo, 2

After grounding the idea of flying onward from the Soo that afternoon due to thunderstorm activity, I found a hotel called the Water Tower Resort in town. The owner is a pilot and goes out of his way to welcome travelling pilots. This was the best place yet - pool, spa, jacuzzi, great restaurant and a free ride to/from the airport for <$100.


While I was waiting for a ride, I talked to a couple of pilots that were doing a cargo run to Sudbury. I asked them what about the thunderstorms? and they replied that they had weather radar onboard that allows them to dance and dodge between them. But they said the storm was a line sitting right across Sudbury, so it could be more work than usual. Definitely not what they taught us in groundschool!

The hotel driver was quite a character, full of stories of the Soo, and offered to take me down to the Bush Pilot museum in the center of town once I checked in. So we went down there and he dropped me off and told me it would be a 25 minute walk back. However, the museum was closing at 6pm (in 15 minutes) and the cashier let me in for free anyway. Just had a quick look, but it's done up really well with ~15-20 planes restored and setup so you can poke around inside. But that 25 minute walk back was more like 1:20 and uphill in 35 degree heat. I didn't see a single taxi or bus during the walk back.

I haven't been able to take as many pictures, since I'm a little busier in the cockpit by myself.


At the top is a picture of a nice beach on Lake Superior between Wawa and Sault -- it looks like it could be in Mexico. And a goose statue across the street from the Wawa airport -- people have the strangest ideas of what makes a good town mascot!

I kind of screwed up the breadcrumbs for day 6; my GPS receiver got turned on by accident when I packed up the night before in Thunder Bay; the battery was dead when I tried to start it before takeoff. But I was able to charge it a bit in Wawa during lunch - so I've only got breadcrumbs from Wawa (after takeoff) to the Soo.


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