The first thing we done was to go to the Soo Locks (Click HERE for Webcam) and watch a lake freighter go through. This was Barb's first time to watch a ship go through the locks. I watched the Pacific Princess, the ship that was used in the 1977 - 1986 TV show "The Love Boat", go through the locks in the Panama Canal back in 1987.
Then we had the wild idea of leaving the country so we headed to Canada..., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario that is.
There we drove around town for awhile and stopped to walk the mall. Afterwards we headed back across to the USA side and are spending the night at a Budget Host Inn. Tomorrow we will head towards Mackinac.
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Hello! Finding this very late, but today I saw a bumper sticker that said "Doo da soo, eh!" and wondered what it meant. When I googled I found your blog! But I still don't get the saying?
“Doo da soo, eh!” is a playful and affectionate phrase used by locals and visitors in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.) to refer to taking a trip to the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie. The expression captures the U.P.’s distinct regional dialect, combining the rhythmic “doo da” as a casual way of saying “do the” with “Soo,” a shorthand for Sault Ste. Marie. The friendly “eh” at the end reflects the strong influence of both Canadian and Yooper (U.P.) speech patterns. Altogether, “Doo da soo, eh!” means “Let’s go visit the Soo Locks,” often said with excitement about watching massive freighters pass through one of the world’s busiest lock systems.
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