Soo Locks July 22, 2015

We decided to go directly to the park where the locks were in the downtown area.  It was less than a 5 minute ride.  Debbie found a place right in front of the entrance.  It is another beautiful sunny and cool day.  We go into the park and the Visitor’s Center is there giving the facts about the locks.  The grounds around this area are just beautiful with all kinds of flowers blooming everywhere you looked.  You walk through the center and just steps away is a two story platform you can climb to view the locks.  The amazing thing is that they are right there in front of you!  You are so close that you could actually jump from the viewing platform onto the ships as they pass.  You can also see the expansion bridge that spans the border between the US and Canada.  We were lucky to get the chance to see two really large container or tanker ships that passed through from opposite sides.  Very cool to see.  When we went to leave, the gate was closed and padlocked where we entered.  We went back in to ask how to get out and it seemed there was an “issue” going on there.  Lots of border patrol agents and police from Homeland Security.  We were able to get out and never did find out what was going on but there were security vehicles everywhere.  We walked through all of the shops around the area and then stopped at a little place and had lunch overlooking the locks and the park.  It was a really nice morning and afternoon.  After lunch we left to head on to St. Ignace where we were spending the night.