Day 1 - January 25th, 2001
 

Map of our route today!

Journey in a Nutshell
We left Caro, Michigan on Wednesday afternoon and got into St. Ignace, Michigan about 7 PM.. we got our gear and sleds unloaded and checked into the Howard Johnsons... This morning we got on the trail about 8 A.M. and road toward Detour, Michigan, which is on the eastern edge of the upper Peninsula, this is the site of George's 1999 crash (there are still yellow marks on the wall of the restaurant). We caught the ferry to Drummond Island at 12:40 P.M. and crossed over the ice bridge to St. Joseph Island, Ontario, Canada, then we crossed another ice bridge (defined as trailed marked by planting old christmas trees in the ice) to  Bruce Mines, Ontario. We arrived in Thessalon about 4:00 PM. At dinner we ran into Ed Bennick, formally of Caro, who graduated a year ahead of Pete, he reconized Pete beard and all.

Image Trek (click on pictures to enlarge)
Lots of Birch trees and deer (the group in front said they saw 100's, those of us in the back saw 5), this picture was taken near Cedarville, Michigan
 
 

Here you see the Pattullo Clan, George, Betty, Julie, Pete, Mike and Bryon, representing 3 generations of snowmobiler's
 

Betty didn't want to cross the thin ice.... so we took the ferry, everyone was compaining about the $3 so Betty paid.
 

Welcome to Canada, Customs was nothing more then a shack with a phone..... they basically have to trust what you tell them
 

Our view of the sunset over Thessalon Bay, from our room