Day 2 - First Leg - Sault Ste Marie MI to Cloquette MN

What a great day. Flying across the country in a small airplane brings days of diversity, just like we experienced today. Looking at the weather maps... we wonder....will we or won't we be able to get through that occluded front sitting just out there on our way to where we want to go. The weather looks great behind it but we have to get from here to there. We decide to launch with a few back up plans in mind. Other than the low overcast and rain ahead its a great morning as we climb out of the SOO (as folks here call Sault Ste Marie) and get cleared through the Canadian airspace just across the border right after takeoff.

We soon encounter the lower overcast and rain showers we saw on our computer graphics and manage to find clear air between the layers and nothing more than a little cloud before we break out into clear sunshine along the southern shore of Lake Superior. That is one BIG lake. We follow it's shore for almost two hours and detour a little to see the beautiful Picturesque Rocks - a place where there is a huge drop off of colored rock cliffs into the lake.




The weather is great but the wind has picked up. We listen to the weather at Cloquette and find we'll be landing in a crosswind with winds at 18kts gusting to 28 kts. A little bit more excitement to color our day.



After we land we meet Bill Stone from Venture North Aviation who offers to drive us to Subway for lunch. We enjoy an hour hanging out with Bill and sharing stories. One of those little unexpected but wonderful encounters that just happens on a journey like this.