09/01/2026
To say that today didn’t go as planned would be an understatement. Our last day of vacation and our travel day completely flipped on end when out of nowhere our car decided it didn’t want to drive back to Sudbury pulling a trailer today. It was a stressful drive from Pancake Bay Provincial Park to Sault Ste. Marie today navigating the hills of Lake Superior with a vehicle that had an “Engine Power Reduced” message pop up in the middle of a hill.
While our plans to be home by late afternoon/evening derailed, we are grateful for all the people in our corner who stepped up to help us today.
• Chad’s mom was travelling with us with her big van that suddenly became our life raft back to Sudbury
• Prouse Chevrolet in Sault Ste. Marie took excellent care of us today, fitting us into their busy schedule and troubleshooting the problem with us, going above and beyond to help us try to get back on the road
• new friends in Sault Ste. Marie told us where to bring our car for service, and came to meet us there and then towed our trailer to their house for safekeeping and offered to drive it back to Sudbury later this week
• our amazing friends who helped us trouble shoot the problem earlier today, and since they’re still camping, they will hopefully be able to pick up our car tomorrow and drive it home if it’s repaired
So in a less than ideal situation, all the pieces lined up to get us home, get our vehicle and trailer taken care of, and get home to make the sourdough prep happen.
Oh, and did we mention, we almost forgot the sourdough starter we mixed this morning in our car at the service centre in Sault Ste. Marie?! Fortunately someone was still there to let us back in to grab it.
Whew. What a day. Not how we planned it. But we are grateful to be home safely.