Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

We’ve come to Glenview Cottages…

and Campgound about 5 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

This is our second commercial campground in a row, but there weren’t alternatives around here.

The good news is that’s it’s very well kept.

We arrived Saturday and our neighbors, a very nice couple from Vancouver Island, were leaving Monday. They suggested we go to the office and ask if we could move into their space, this nice end lot with a lot of room around it. It was worth moving since we’re staying until next Monday. I did, the office guy said OK and now we have a much better place.

And Matey and I have a much nicer view. Admittedly there is a lot of road noise, as we’re right next to The Great Northern Highway, which is the main road to Thunder Bay and all points west.

But that doesn’t make this place urban. This is the pond just behind the cottages.

And when Matey and I took the trail that went from one end of the campground to the other end of the cabins we ended up walking over a mile and a half through some pretty, and pretty rough, country.

This morning Bud, Matey and I went for a walk in nearby Wishart Park. I was following All Trails along some very well worn paths. There were a number of choices of paths. We met a fellow walker who said the paths all wound around but you really couldn’t get lost. “Just watch out for the bears.” There are three that live in this area. Not urban at all.

We didn’t see any bears.

We just got several views of the lovely Root River.

Seeing the downed trees from normal erosion and spring flooding made me think of those poor folks in Central Texas.

We camped on the Guadeloupe River in Kerrville two different times. The river was as shallow and placid as this one (though bigger), but even this small river is obviously capable of taking down trees.

I will enjoy the rivers’ beauty but I hope I always remember their potential power.