Fast Damp 500 Mile Dash Through Canada

We got up, did the continental breakfast thing, took turns riding the bicycle (don't tell Andrew) then on the road. Fairly warm and humid this morning, but pretty nice. We did Rt 417 until we hit Rt 17 and spent the whole day on 17 to Sault Ste. Marie where we crossed back into the US. This part of Canada is pretty flat with not much going on. The Canadians were all very pleasant and you can sense the national pride when you see flags here and there painted on rocks, on peoples porches and huge ones in towns and car dealerships. From the few people we talked to during pit stops, I sense that they do not see a lots of Americans up here. A young guy asked if we were going to stay the night in his small town, cause tonight was the "crash-em-up" which is I presume  the equivalent of our demolition derby. We stopped at the diner in the picture for lunch which needed a doctor standing by given the menu choices. The bikes ran flawlessly and we hummed along all day at normal traffic speed (65 or 70). I discovered an amazing trick today that seems to have solved my hip issue (I promised not to discuss it again) and also solved the "monkey butt" issue (Google it) and to some extent the "giant knotted muscle between the shoulder blades" issue. Every 15 minutes I simply stand on the pegs and stretch. This was amazing and I arrived here in Michigan ready for more miles (if we had more light). Huge difference from past long days (except when I was 18 years old of course..).
  As we got near Sudbury, the landscape got a little more rolling and for a brief period, the trees were replaced by bald rocks that looked like glaciers had scraped them off. West of Sudbury, we saw lots of woods and lakes. Oh yea, it rained (lightly) from 1pm to about 5pm, but then cleared off and cooled off as we got closer to Sault Ste Marie, Ont. We pulled into customs to brilliant sun and white puffy clouds. No line at customs and we breezed through. Nice hotel and off to search for "pasties". The place in town famous for them was closed Sunday (as were a lot of places) but we found a great place down by the locks. After pasties and local fresh fish (and cold beer), back to the hotel to sleep. The sun was just going down around 9:30 since we are on the edge of the time zone. Good day..
Tomorrow may be rainy so....