Swimming in My Underwear in Lake Superior

Today was a bit of a mess! After meeting Doug and Michelle in Sault Ste. Marie, I knew I wanted to get halfway to Thunder Bay in order to get to do the Sleeping Giant hike on Sunday. That meant a bit of driving but I got a little down when I realized I didn't have a parking permit for Lake Superior for a hike I wanted to do during the day called Orphan Lake Trail and the service wasn't good enough to book online. But hey... you can also call! So I found some service, called and was able to book the hike. That led me to my first swim in Lake Superior! Later in the evening I met two wonderful young women, Liza and Gaby, and stayed the night in Marathon (where apparently there is very little free wifi). Here are some other thoughts from my day too!