North of the Border

On our way through South Dakota of course we had to stop at Wall Drug.  What a crazy place

Last night, after the drive from Hell, we stayed in Sault St. Marie and toured there this morning.
This is the famous lock  making it possible for ocean vessels to travel into the great lakes- an interesting history of the N. American waterways.

Now we are winding down and heading home.   Tonight we had THE MOST FABULOUS  Italian dinner in Sudbury, Canada.  After 2 long days of travel with no dinner (except vodka and scotch because we had to drink it before crossing the border...) we had a shorter driving day and ended up in Sudbury-- a cute town between Sault St. Marie and Ottawa.  Turns out there is a geology museum and Sudbury had an early history in mining and is quite mineral rich.  We have passed SO MANY geologic formations and mining towns.  Good thing Bill has a Master's in geology- I have been treated to  a cross country geology class.  I tried to share my knowledge of grammar by explaining the reasons for nominative and objective case pronouns and principle parts of a verb ---but he wasn't interested.
We are heading to Ottawa tomorrow till Monday.  Looks like lots of museums and hopefully cute shops.