This past weekend I visited my hometown for Thanksgiving (Canada).  While there I went to visit one of my favorite spots – the border crossing between Canada and the USA.  Even as a kid it fascinated me that  all that separated the countries was a river (and in some areas nothing more than an imaginary line).

Today I thought I would share some photos for those who have never been to this area (Sarnia, ON Canada / Port Huron, MI, USA)

The above photo was taken from the Canadian side and shows the two Bluewater Bridges.  When I was a kid there was only one bridge but there were always huge line-ups so a second bridge was built in the late 90’s.

I am standing in Sarnia, ON and looking across the St. Clair river to Port Huron, MI. This river is very deep and allows tons off shipping to come through (Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes, is just to the right of where I am standing).

The river is pretty swift and it is crazy when I think about how I used to swim here as a teenager (teenagers are not always very bright!).  We used to jump in further upstream and float down to this point under the bridge and get out.  The whole time you kind of had to keep swimming to stay close to the shore as the currents are wicked (our parents used to scare us a kids about the dangerous currents but as teenagers we promptly forgot!)

I spent a lot of time as a child crossing between Canada and the US.  Both countries felt like home to me – just different colored money!  LOL  Funny to think I only needed 50¢ and a birth certificate back then to cross! 

Above is a view from under the bridge looking up-river to Lake Huron (Lake Huron flows into the St.Clair River).  The USA is on the left and Canada is on the right.

One of the best things about Sarnia, On is the beaches. This photo was take not too far from the last photo (bridges are off-frame, to the left). Port Huron is across the water and to the right, Lake Huron opens up.

The above photos is just a slightly different angle from the previous photo. It was a cold and blustery day but was it ever nice to see all that water again!

This photo was taken from the same spot – just looking to my right.  Gorgeous, gorgeous lake!  Lake Huron is my fave of all the Great Lakes and I spent MANY hours in this lake as a child.  Great temp, sandy beaches (looks yucky now but that is just ’cause it is Fall)  and stretches as far as the eye can see.

Thanks for coming down memory lane with me!

Tags: family
Categories: family

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 10:26 am and is filed under family. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.